Proarrhythmic agent explained

A Pro-arrhythmic agent is a chemical, drug, or food that promotes cardiac arrhythmias.

Substances

Supplements

Omega 3 fatty acids.^[1]

Foods

Chocolate, Coffee, Tea

Drugs

Caffeine, cocaine, beta-adrenergic agonists

Encainide, Lorcainide

See also

• Antiarrhythmic agent
• Electrophysiology study

Notes and References

1. Fish Oil Supplementation and Risk of Ventricular Tachycardia and Ventricular Fibrillation in Patients With Implantable Defibrillators. Merritt H. Raitt. William E. Connor. Cynthia Morris . Jack Kron. Blair Halperin. Sumeet S. Chugh. James McClelland. James Cook. Karen MacMurdy. Robert Swenson. Sonja L. Connor. Glenn Gerhard. Dale F. Kraemer. Daniel Oseran. Christy Marchant . David Calhoun . Reed Shnider. John McAnulty . June 15, 2005. JAMA. 293. 23.