Why the study?
Does tocainide cause interstitial pneumonitis in patients treated for ventricular arrhythmias?
Population
Patient receiving tocainide for ventricular arrhythmias (described as a single reported incident)
Design
Case_report
Authors
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Raises caution for pulmonary toxicity with tocainide; case report leaves causality open and is hypothesis-generating.
Does tocainide cause interstitial pneumonitis in patients treated for ventricular arrhythmias?
This report identifies interstitial pneumonitis as a potential severe pulmonary complication of the antiarrhythmic drug tocainide.
GERALD M. PERLOW (1981) studied this question.
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