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QT interval prolongation and torsade de pointes.

Abstract
Torsade de pointes is a form of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia occurring in a setting of prolonged QT interval on surface electrocardiogram. Several drugs have been shown to prolong cardiac repolarization predisposing to torsade de pointes ventricular tachycardia. We present a case of torsade de pointes in a 72-year-old Italian woman in treatment with sotalol, sertraline, digoxin and acenocumarine.
AuthorsSalvatore Patanè, Filippo Marte, Gianluca Di Bella
JournalInternational journal of cardiology (Int J Cardiol) Vol. 131 Issue 2 Pg. e51-3 (Jan 09 2009) ISSN: 1874-1754 [Electronic] Netherlands
PMID17689729 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Letter)
Topics
  • Aged
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Long QT Syndrome (complications, diagnosis, physiopathology)
  • Torsades de Pointes (complications, diagnosis, physiopathology)

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