Quinidine is a pharmaceutical agent that acts as a class I antiarrhythmic agent (Ia) in the heart. It is a stereoisomer of quinine originally derived from the bark of the cinchona tree. The drug causes increased action potential duration as well as a prolonged QT interval.
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