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Exercise induced widening of the QRS complex in a patient on flecainide
  1. N TURNER,
  2. B C THWAITES
  1. bct.card@btinternet.com

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This case illustrates a toxic effect of flecainide in widening the QRS complex and inducing repolarisation abnormalities on exercise testing in a 67 year old woman, who had presented breathless in atrial fibrillation. Neither history nor examination revealed underlying cardiac abnormality; thyroid function and echocardiography were normal. The figure illustrates …

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