TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 7. Lidocaine A1 - Bauer, Larry A. A2 - Bauer, Larry A. Y1 - 2008 N1 - T2 - Applied Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 2e AB - Lidocaine is a local anesthetic agent that also has antiarrhythmic effects. It is classified as a type IB antiarrhythmic agent and is a treatment for ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation.1,2 For episodes of sustained ventricular tachycardia with signs or symptoms of hemodynamic instability (angina, pulmonary edema, hypotension, hemodynamic collapse), electrical cardioversion is the treatment of choice. However, for patients who are more hemodynamically stable, sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia due to myocardial ischemia or infarction may be successfully treated using lidocaine therapy. Lidocaine therapy can also be considered for the treatment of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia due to myocardial ischemia or infarction.3 SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=3519839 ER -