Antiarrythmic drugs课件.pptVIP

Antiarrhythmic Drugs Or Doing Drugs for Your Heartbeat Background Recall: to function efficiently, heart needs to contract sequentially (atria, then ventricles) and in synchronicity Relaxation must occur between contractions (not true for other types of muscle [exhibit tetany ? contract and hold contraction for certain length of time]) Coordination of heartbeat is a result of a complex, coordinated sequence of changes in membrane potentials and electrical discharges in various heart tissues Arrhythmia Heart condition where disturbances in Pacemaker impulse formation Contraction impulse co