Description
Sotalolisanon-selectiveinhibitorofβ-adrenergicreceptorsthatalsoinhibitsNa+andK+channels.SotalolactsasaclassIIIanti-arrhythmicdrugthatalsoexhibitsanti-fibrillatoryactivity.Sotalolisusedclinicallytotreatventricularfibrillationandventriculartachycardia.Invitroandinvivo,sotalolprolongsactionpotentialduration,QTandPRintervals,andincreasestheeffectiverefractoryperiod.
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