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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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The Egyptian Heart Journal, 2018 Introduction: Idiopathic short-coupled ventricular tachyarrhythmias make up a considerable proportion of ventricular tachyarrhythmias in structurally normal hearts and are the cause of 5–10% of unexpected sudden cardiac deaths.
Mohammed Almehairi +2 more
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Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine, 2018 History of present illness: 70-year-old male with a history ventricular arrhythmia, AICD (automated implantable cardioverter defibrillator), coronary artery disease and cardiac stents presented to the Emergency Department after three AICD discharges ...
Richard J Chen, MD +2 more
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Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2009 Relatamos o caso de uma paciente puérpera, internada com diagnósticos de infecção do trato urinário e insuficiência cardíaca que evoluiu com arritmias ventriculares do tipo torsades de pointes, após hipopotassemia e uso de Ciprofloxacin.
Alexandre Maulaz Barcelos +4 more
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Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2020 Background The rate of sudden cardiac death in the hemodialysis population exceeds that of the general population by >20‐fold. Hemodialysis patients may be particularly susceptible to sudden cardiac death provoked by drug‐induced QT prolongation because ...
Magdalene M. Assimon +4 more
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International Journal of Medical Sciences, 2019 Introduction: Macrolides, linezolid, imipenem-cilastatin, fluoroquinolones, penicillin combinations, and ceftriaxone are known to be associated with Torsades de pointes/QT prolongation (TdP/QTP).
Chengwen Teng +4 more
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Acquired Long QT Syndrome and Torsade de Pointes Associated with HIV Infection
Case Reports in Medicine, 2010 Here, we report the case of an HIV infected patient that was treated for pneumonia with a macrolid antibiotic. The patient experienced a prolongation of the already pathologic QTc interval resulting in repeated torsades de pointes necessitating CPR and ...
Alexander Shimabukuro-Vornhagen +7 more
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“Atrial torsades de pointes” Induced by Low-Energy Shock From Implantable-Cardioverter Defibrillator
Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal, 2013 A 58 year-old-patient developed an episode of polymorphic atrial tachycardia which looked like "atrial torsades de pointes" after a 5J shock from implantable cardioverter defibrillator.
Ilknur Can, MD +1 more
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Proton Pump Inhibitors and Serum Magnesium Levels in Patients With Torsades de Pointes
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2018 Background: Torsades de pointes (TdP) is a life-threatening ventricular tachycardia occurring in long QT-syndrome patients. It usually develops when multiple QT-prolonging factors are concomitantly present, more frequently drugs and electrolyte ...
P. Lazzerini +14 more
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British Journal of Pharmacology, 2018 Enhanced late sodium current (late INa) in heart failure and long QT syndrome type 3 is proarrhythmic. This study investigated the antiarrhythmic effect and mode of action of the selective and potent late INa inhibitor GS‐458967 (GS967) against Torsades ...
A. Bossu +11 more
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