Potassium channel blocking bradycardic agent. Prepn: U. Sch"on et al., DE 3234697; eidem, US 4550112 (1984, 1985 both to Kali-Chemie); and pharmacology: idem et al., J. Med. Chem. 41, 318 (1998). Suppression of the outward transient K+ current in rat myocytes: I. D. Dukes, M. Morad, Am. J. Physiol. 275, H1746 (1989). Toxicity in rats: E. Hayes et al., Pharmacol. Toxicol. 73, 257 (1993). Comparative clinical study in coronary artery disease: V. Mitrovic, et al., Clin. Cardiol. 21, 492 (1998). Clinical study in stable angina: K. M. Fox et al., Heart 83, 167 (2000). Review of pharmacology and clinical development: B. Freestone, G. Y. H. Lip, Expert Opin. Invest. Drugs 13, 151-160 (2004).
Prepn: U. Sch"on et al., US 5324732 (1994 to Kali-Chemie).
Antiarrhythmic (class III).
Bradycardic Agent; Antiarrhythmic; Potassium Channel Blocker