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Ondansetron induced torsades de pointes
Clinical Case Reports (discontinued), 2019 A single dose of oral Ondansetron can precipitate torsades de pointes and other arrhythmias in patients with risk factors that may prolong QTc interval.
Ashwad Afzal
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A rare case of myotonic dystrophy type 1 presenting with Torsades de pointes
IHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports, 2023 Myotonic Dystrophy (DM) is the most common form of muscular dystrophy with onset in adults. Cardiac manifestations are common in DM, but ventricular arrhythmias are uncommon and torsades de pointes is rarely described.
Amit Handa, Rinki Kakkar
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JA Clinical Reports, 2021 Background Several types of antiarrhythmic drugs are known to induce QT prolongation and torsades de pointes. Case presentation An 84-year-old man was scheduled for open gastrectomy for residual cancer.
Ken Shimano +4 more
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Risk of Cardiac Lesion with Chronic and Acute Use of Loperamide—An Integrative Review
Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, 2022 Loperamide is a synthetic opioid commonly used as an antidiarrheal due to its activation of u-opioid receptors in the myenteric plexus. In therapeutic doses, it inhibits peristalsis and has anti-secretory and anti-motility effects, until metabolized by ...
Bruna Cremonezi Lammoglia +9 more
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Torsades de Pointes due to Excessive Marijuana Use in a Susceptible Patient
Case Reports in Cardiology, 2021 There are several recent reports of tetrahydrocannabinol vaping-related sudden cardiac arrest, and the mechanisms are unclear. We report a unique case of a 19-year-old female who suffered documented prolonged QTc leading to Torsades de pointes and ...
Vivek D. Shah +4 more
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Simultaneous Occurrence of Dysrhythmia and Seizure as a Diagnostic Difficulty; a Case Report
Emergency, 2018 Torsades de pointes (TdP) is a rare but hazardous ventricular dysrhythmia caused by an increase in the QT interval of the heart rhythm and is categorized into congenital or acquired types.
Forod Salehi +3 more
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Clinical Case Reports, 2021 Many volatile chemicals inhaled for a recreational high have a chemical structure similar to chloroform and may lead to Ikr blockade and subsequent torsades de pointes. This is one potential mechanism of action for huffing‐associated sudden death.
Joseph Burke +4 more
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Torsades de pointes during laparoscopic adrenalectomy of a pheochromocytoma: a case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2011 Introduction Torsades de pointes is a rare but potentially lethal arrhythmia. The amount of literature available on Torsades de pointes occurring in patients with pheochromocytoma is limited, and we found no literature describing this dysrhythmia in a ...
Wiesfeld Ans CP +4 more
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Case report: Ivabradine induced Torsades de Pointes
IHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports, 2023 Ivabradine is used to control heart rate in patients of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Although considered safe, it is reported to prolong QTc interval when given with other QTc prolonging drugs or in setting of hypokalemia or ...
Mohit M. Bhagwati +2 more
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Clinics and Practice, 2017 Torsades de pointes is a life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia. Occurrence of this arrhythmia as a result of hypoglycemia has not been reported in the literature.
Faris Hannoodi +5 more
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