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Torsades de Pointes and Prolonged Self-Terminating Ventricular Fibrillation Induced by Amiodarone

A 71-year-old man with a recent diagnosis of pneumonia developed paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and was admitted to the cardiology service. Amiodarone was administered intravenously to restore sinus rhythm. Significant prolongation of the QT interval (QTc = 640ms) was noted and an exceedingly prolon...

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Pubblicato in:Cureus
Autori principali: Tziatzios, Georgios D, Didagelos, Matthaios, Tziatzios, Ioannis, Hadjimiltiades, Stavros, Karamitsos, Theodoros
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Cureus 2020
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7769795/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33391927
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11693
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