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Diclofenac Prolongs Repolarization in Ventricular Muscle with Impaired Repolarization Reserve [PDF]

, 2012
Background: The aim of the present work was to characterize the electrophysiological effects of the non-steroidal anti- inflammatory drug diclofenac and to study the possible proarrhythmic potency of the drug in ventricular muscle.
A Farkas, A Peretz, A Varró, A Varró, A Varró, AJ Batey, Andrea Barbuti, András Varró, Attila Kristóf, B Girennavar, B Scheidel, C Bombardier, C Lengyel, C Lengyel, CL Lawrence, Cs Lengyel, D Corrado, DM Roden, DM Roden, DM Roden, E Coraboeuf, EL Fosbøl, FI Al-Jenoobi, G Hart, HA Bird, István Baczkó, István Koncz, JH Lin, JJ Duncan, Julius Gy Papp, L Carlsson, L Virág, LI Brueggemann, LL von Moltke, LY Liu, László Virág, M Hidaka, M Niemi, MA Vos, N Jost, Norbert Jost, OV Yarishkin, P McGettigan, PG Volders, Péter Biliczki, R Bort, R Varkevisser, S Trelle, T Christ, Tamás Szél, Viktor Juhász, WF Huang, WF Huang, XW Fei, Y Lu, Zoltán Husti, Zsófia Kohajda   +56 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, Gabriela Hasselmann, Marcelo Pires-Oliveira, Lucas Antonio Duarte Nicolau, Jand Venes Rolim Medeiros, Fernando Sabia Tallo, Murched Omar Taha, Rildo Yamaguti Lima, Afonso Caricati-Neto, Francisco Sandro Menezes-Rodrigues   +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, Adeba Mohammad, Shuktika Nandkeolyar, Liset Stoletniy, Tahmeed Contractor   +4 more
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Huffing and twist: Fatal Torsade de pointes associated with Tetrafluoroethane Inhalation and amphetamine use

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, Mark C. P. Haigney, Morteza Farasat, Philip S. Mehler, Mori J. Krantz   +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, Hamidreza Riasi, Hamideh Riasi, Arvin Mirshahi   +3 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, Wietasch Götz JK, de Haes Ann, van der Heide Kinge, Hendriks Herman GD   +4 more
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A case of hypoglycemiainduced QT prolongation leading to torsade de pointes and a review of pathophysiological mechanisms

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, Hashim Alwash, Kushal Shah, Israa Ali, Sarwan Kumar, Khalid Zakaria   +5 more
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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, Mark Liu, Michael Patzkowski   +2 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, K.K. Talwar, Amitabh Yaduvanshi   +2 more
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Antipsychotics and Torsadogenic Risk: Signals Emerging from the US FDA Adverse Event Reporting System Database [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Drug-induced torsades de pointes (TdP) and related clinical entities represent a current regulatory and clinical burden. Objective: As part of the FP7 ARITMO (Arrhythmogenic Potential of Drugs) project, we explored the publicly available US ...
A Bate, A Clarke, A Pariente, AK Chung, Ariola Koci, B Darpo, BJ Drew, C Meyer-Massetti, DM Roden, DW Hough, E Poluzzi, E Poluzzi, E Poluzzi, E Raschi, E Raschi, Edoardo Spina, Elijah R. Behr, Elisabetta Poluzzi, Emanuel Raschi, EP Puijenbroek van, ER Behr, F Ponti De, F Ponti De, F Rani, Fabrizio De Ponti, GC Alexander, GK Isbister, H Verdoux, J Nielsen, J Papay, K Jolly, K Titier, LC Wittkampf, LS Schneider, Miriam Sturkenboom, NP Tatonetti, P Kannankeril, P Manu, P Vigneault, RC Owens Jr, RR Shah, S Dhillon, S Hennessy, S Kongsamut, S Leucht, SM Straus, Ugo Moretti, W Crumb, W Crumb, WA Ray, WA Ray, WJ Crumb Jr, WP Stephenson, Y Suzuki   +53 more
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