Torsade de pointes due to noncardiac drugs: most patients have easily identifiable risk factors
D Zeltser, D Justo, A Halkin, V Prokhorov, K Heller… - Medicine, 2003 - journals.lww.com
Numerous medications, including drugs prescribed for noncardiac indications, can lead to
QT prolongation and trigger torsade de pointes. Although this complication occurs only
rarely, it may have lethal consequences. It is therefore important to know if patients with
torsade de pointes associated with noncardiac drugs have risk factors that are easy to
identify. We reviewed reports of drug-induced torsade de pointes and analyzed each case of
torsade de pointes associated with a noncardiac drug for the presence of risk factors for the …
QT prolongation and trigger torsade de pointes. Although this complication occurs only
rarely, it may have lethal consequences. It is therefore important to know if patients with
torsade de pointes associated with noncardiac drugs have risk factors that are easy to
identify. We reviewed reports of drug-induced torsade de pointes and analyzed each case of
torsade de pointes associated with a noncardiac drug for the presence of risk factors for the …