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Acquired long QT syndrome: as risky as congenital long QT syndrome? [PDF]
Europace, 2011 This editorial refers to ‘Role of implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy in patients with acquired long QT syndrome: A long-term follow-up’ by G. Monnig et al ., on page 396 Long QT syndrome (LQTS) describes a group of disorders characterized by QT interval prolongation secondary to delayed cardiac repolarization that may either be genetic ...
Leonie C H, Wong, Elijah R, Behr
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Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 Natural history of liver disease in a large international cohort of children with Alagille syndrome: Results from the GALA study. Abstract Background and Aims Alagille syndrome (ALGS) is a multisystem disorder, characterized by cholestasis. Existing outcome data are largely derived from tertiary centers, and real‐world data are lacking.
Shannon M. Vandriel +93 more
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Case report of antiseizure medicine-induced long QT syndrome and a literature review
Acta Epileptologica, 2022 Background To realize the clinical characteristics of long QT syndrome (LQTS) caused by antiseizure medicines (ASMs), and to improve the prevention and management of ASM-acquired QT syndrome.
Xiongying Yu +6 more
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Long QT syndrome - causes and risk factors
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2018 Sudden cardiac death is a major public health challenge, which can be caused by genetic or acquired structural or electrophysiological abnormalities. These abnormalities include channelopathies such as long QT, short QT and Brugada syndromes.
Erwin Ciechański +3 more
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Selective acquired long QT syndrome (saLQTS) upon risperidone treatment
BMC Psychiatry, 2012 Background Numerous structurally unrelated drugs, including antipsychotics, can prolong QT interval and trigger the acquired long QT syndrome (aLQTS). All of them are thought to act at the level of KCNH2, a subunit of the potassium channel.
Lazarczyk Maciej +3 more
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Mechanisms, Risk Factors, and Management of Acquired Long QT Syndrome: A Comprehensive Review
The Scientific World Journal, 2012 Long QT syndrome is characterized by prolongation of the corrected QT (QTc) interval on the surface electrocardiogram and is associated with precipitation of torsade de pointes (TdP), a polymorphic ventricular tachycardia that may cause sudden death ...
Eleftherios M. Kallergis +4 more
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Comparative Characteristics of Beta-Blockers in Patients with Congenital Long QT Syndrome
Рациональная фармакотерапия в кардиологии, 2021 Congenital long QT syndrome is a pathology that requires special attention and knowledge about the safety and effectiveness of various medications.
A. Yu. Proshlyakov +2 more
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Acquired long QT syndrome and Torsades de Poin
The Egyptian Heart Journal, 2016 Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors are group of drugs commonly used in Alzheimer disease and have beneficial effects on treatment. Although they have many known side effects, cardiovascular side effects are rarely seen.
Ahmet Seyfeddin Gurbuz +7 more
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Observation of acquired long QT syndrome
Педиатрический вестник Южного Урала, 2022 Приобретённое удлинение интервала QT (ALQT) может провоцироваться назначением некоторых препаратов, нарушением электролитного баланса, брадикардией, воспалительной, ишемической и наследственной патологией миокарда, катастрофами центральной нервной системы в подавляющем большинстве случаев при генетической предрасположенности.
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Torsades de pointes in the PACU after outpatient endoscopy: a case report
BMC Anesthesiology, 2021 Background This case demonstrates the severe electrolyte derangements that may present after a common therapy such as a bowel preparation for an outpatient procedure and the rare yet potential detrimental outcomes of those abnormalities.
Andrew Schaar +2 more
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