Lavalle Carlo, Magnocavallo Michele, Straito Martina, Santini Luca, Forleo Giovanni Battista, Grimaldi Massimo, Badagliacca Roberto, Lanata Luigi, Ricci Renato Pietro
Department of Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Nephrological, Anesthesiological and Geriatric Sciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Department of Cardiology, Ospedale GB Grassi, 00121 Ostia, Italy.
J Clin Med. 2021 Apr 2;10(7):1456. doi: 10.3390/jcm10071456.
Transcatheter ablation was increasingly and successfully used to treat symptomatic drug refractory patients affected by supraventricular arrhythmias. Antiarrhythmic drug treatment still plays a major role in patient management, alone or combined with non-pharmacological therapies. Flecainide is an IC antiarrhythmic drug approved in 1984 from the Food and Drug Administration for the suppression of sustained ventricular tachycardia and later for acute cardioversion of atrial fibrillation and for sinus rhythm maintenance. Currently, flecainide is mostly used for sinus rhythm maintenance in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients without structural cardiomyopathy although recent studies enrolling different patient populations have demonstrated a good effectiveness and safety profile. How should we interpret the results of the CAST after the latest evidence? Is it possible to expand the indications of flecainide, and therefore, its use? This review aims to highlight the main characteristics of flecainide, as well as its optimal clinical use, delineating drug indications and contraindications and appropriate monitoring, based on the most recent evidence.
经导管消融越来越多地被成功用于治疗有症状的药物难治性室上性心律失常患者。抗心律失常药物治疗在患者管理中仍然发挥着重要作用,单独使用或与非药物疗法联合使用。氟卡尼是一种Ic类抗心律失常药物,1984年被美国食品药品监督管理局批准用于抑制持续性室性心动过速,后来用于房颤的急性复律和窦性心律维持。目前,氟卡尼主要用于无结构性心肌病的房颤(AF)患者的窦性心律维持,尽管最近纳入不同患者群体的研究已证明其具有良好的有效性和安全性。根据最新证据,我们应该如何解读CAST的结果?是否有可能扩大氟卡尼的适应证,进而扩大其使用范围?本综述旨在根据最新证据突出氟卡尼的主要特点及其最佳临床应用,明确药物适应证、禁忌证和适当的监测方法。