Propranolol and lidocaine. Clinical use as antiarrhythmic agents
Danahy, D.T.; Aronow, W.S.
Postgraduate Medicine 61(1): 113-117
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0032-5481 PMID: 834676 Document Number: 114689
Using propranolol or lidocaine as an antiarrhythmic agent takes keen clinical judgment if optimal efficacy is to be obtained or minimal risk. Serious adverse effects of propranolol are cardiac, while those of lidocaine are usually dose-related and most often involve the central nervous system.
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