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Haloperidol affects coupling between QT and RR intervals in guinea pig isolated heart

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2019
Prolonged QT interval is an independent risk factor for development of ventricular arrhythmias. Haloperidol is one of the drugs inducing QT prolongation.
Petr Vesely, Tibor Stracina, Miroslava Hlavacova, Josef Halamek, Jana Kolarova, Veronika Olejnickova, Veronika Mrkvicova, Hana Paulova, Marie Novakova   +8 more
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Prevalence of QTc interval prolongation and its associated risk factors among psychiatric patients: a prospective observational study

BMC Psychiatry, 2020
Background QT interval prolongation is a growing concern worldwide, posing psychiatric patients to life-threatening fatal arrhythmias i.e., torsade de pointes.
Zahid Ali, Mohammad Ismail, Zahid Nazar, Fahadullah Khan, Qasim Khan, Sidra Noor   +5 more
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Drug-induced QT interval prolongation in cancer patients

Oncology Reviews, 2011
Cancer patients are at an increased risk for QT interval prolongation and subsequent potentially fatal Torsade de pointes tachycardia due to the multiple drugs used for treatment of malignancies and the associated symptoms and complications.
Torben K. Becker, Sai-Ching J. Yeung
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Antipsychotic Medication and QT Prolongation

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 2015
The QT interval represents ventricular depolarisation and repolarisation. Prolongation of this interval can lead to life-threatening complications.
Paramdip Singh Chohan, Raman Mittal, A. Javed   +2 more
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Association Between Disturbed Serum Phosphorus Levels and QT Interval Prolongation

Kidney International Reports
Introduction: QT interval prolongation is a risk factor for fatal arrhythmias and other cardiovascular complications. QT interval prolongation in patients on hemodialysis (HD) is not well understood.
Sho Sasaki, Kiichiro Fujisaki, Masato Nishimura, Toshiaki Nakano, Masanori Abe, Norio Hanafusa, Nobuhiko Joki   +6 more
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Effects of L- and N-Type Ca Channel Blocker Cilnidipine on Changes in Heart Rate and QT Interval During Dialysis

Kidney & Blood Pressure Research, 2017
Background/Aims: Hemodialysis patients have poor prognosis due to increased prevalence of cardiovascular diseases. Treatment to suppress increases in sympathetic nerve activity and QT prolongation may have the potential to reduce the occurrence of these ...
Takeshi Iida, Satoshi Morimoto, Yoshifumi Amari, Takashi Ando, Atsuhiro Ichihara   +4 more
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Drug-Induced QT Prolongation as a Result of an Escitalopram Overdose in a Patient with Previously Undiagnosed Congenital Long QT Syndrome

Case Reports in Medicine, 2014
We present a case of drug-induced QT prolongation caused by an escitalopram overdose in a patient with previously undiagnosed congenital LQTS. A 15-year-old Caucasian female presented following a suicide attempt via an escitalopram overdose.
Paul Singh, J. Martin Maldonado-Duran
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High dose droperidol and QT prolongation: analysis of continuous 12-lead recordings

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2014
Aims To investigate the QT interval after high dose droperidol using continuous 12-lead Holter recordings. Methods This was a prospective study of patients given droperidol with a continuous Holter recording.
Leonie A. Calver, G. Isbister
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A case with a trend of QT interval prolongation due to the introduction of methadone to a pancreatic cancer patient on levofloxacin

Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences
Background As methadone can prevent the development of opioid resistance, it has application in alleviating cancer-related pain that proves challenging to manage with other opioids. QT interval prolongation is a serious side effect of methadone treatment,
Ryusuke Ouchi, Munenori Nagao, Shinju Suzuki, Toshihiro Yamagata, Mie Chiba, Naoko Kurata, Kensuke Usui, Takashi Watanabe, Kaori Koyama, Kouji Okada   +9 more
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Association between C-reactive protein, corrected QT interval and presence of QT prolongation in hypertensive patients

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2014
C-reactive protein (CRP) and corrected QT (QTc) interval are predictors of cardiovascular disease. Whether CRP is associated with QTc interval and QT prolongation is unknown in hypertensive patients.
Kai-Ting Chang, Hsu-Shien Shu, Chun-Yuan Chu, Wen-Hsien Lee, Po-Chao Hsu, Ho-Ming Su, Tsung-Hsien Lin, Wen-Chol Voon, Wen-Ter Lai, Sheng-Hsiung Sheu   +9 more
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