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Medicine
Cardiology
Class Ia anti-arrhythmic drugs
THE CONTEXT
Class Ia drugs affect cardiac action potential duration and tissue refractoriness and are used for arrhythmia prevention.
Effects and uses
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Class Ia drugs prolong cardiac action potential duration and increase the tissue refractory period.
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They
are used to prevent both atrial and ventricular arrhythmias.
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