However, there are no cases described in the literature in which the beta-blocker was the only identifiable trigger of a first ep- isode of atrial fibrillation , followed by a rapid and incapacitating pro- gression in the severity of the process.
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Drugs can also trigger other arrhythmias , including bradyarrhythmias, atrial fibrillation (AF)/atrial flutter (AFL), atrial tachycardia (AT), atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT), monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT), and Brugada syndrome.15 Eyl 2020
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These include primarily the antiarrhythmic drugs (IA, IC, sotalol and bepridil), digitalis , sympathomimetics and phosphodiesterase inhibitors.
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Among the medications that can disturb heart rhythms are chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin , which have been used to manage COVID-19, the writing group noted.
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