Effect of Antiarrhythmic Drugs on the Slow Inward Current System

Thus far, the chapters in this book have been concerned with the characteristics of the slow inward current and its role in the electrical and mechanical characteristics of the individual cardiac cells and of the intact heart. An appreciation of these characteristics is essential to an understanding of the effects of antiarrhythmic drugs on the slow inward current on the intact heart and on clinically encountered arrhythmias.