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6): this is a simple hydrocarbon, and not used anymore as an anesthetic because its flammable and explosive. It has a very strong effect at sensitizing the myocardium to catecholamines and causes sympathetic stimulation, this can lead to arrhythmias. If cyclopropane is given with epinephrine, this is a very powerful stimulus for arrhythmias, and in fact is used in lab animals to induce arrhythmias so that people can study how to fix them.
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