A case of ventricular fibrillation as a consequence of capecitabine-induced secondary QT prolongation: A case report

Capecitabine is an oral fluoropyrimidine which can prolong QT interval. However, there have been no reports that capecitabine induced ventricular fibrillation (VF) due to secondary QT prolongation in patients with no structural heart disease. A 39-year-old woman developed VF during the chemotherapy...

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Published in:J Cardiol Cases
Main Authors: Hayasaka, Kazuto, Takigawa, Masateru, Takahashi, Atsushi, Kuwahara, Taishi, Okubo, Kenji, Tanaka, Yasuaki, Misawa, Toru, Mizusawa, Masafumi, Yamakami, Yosuke, Kojima, Keisuke, Sagawa, Yuichiro, Hishikari, Keiichi, Yamao, Kazuya, Nakashima, Emiko, Nakajima, Jun, Kimura, Shigeki, Takagi, Katsumasa, Hikita, Hiroyuki, Isobe, Mitsuaki
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Japanese College of Cardiology 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6149258/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30279790
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jccase.2017.03.009
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