Class III Antiarrhythmics and Periprocedural Torsades de Pointes

This case series describes 2 women on prolonged therapy with class III antiarrhythmics who developed torsades de pointes polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in the setting of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation as a result of QTc prolonging factors. Clinicians must exercise increased vigilance...

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Autores principales: Font, Cristina M., Tran, Cao T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10635876/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37954945
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.101998
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description This case series describes 2 women on prolonged therapy with class III antiarrhythmics who developed torsades de pointes polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in the setting of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation as a result of QTc prolonging factors. Clinicians must exercise increased vigilance in the perioperative period in patients on QTc-prolonging medications. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)
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spelling pubmed-106358762023-11-11 Class III Antiarrhythmics and Periprocedural Torsades de Pointes Font, Cristina M. Tran, Cao T. JACC Case Rep Case Report This case series describes 2 women on prolonged therapy with class III antiarrhythmics who developed torsades de pointes polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in the setting of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation as a result of QTc prolonging factors. Clinicians must exercise increased vigilance in the perioperative period in patients on QTc-prolonging medications. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.) Elsevier 2023-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC10635876/ /pubmed/37954945 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.101998 Text en © 2023 Published by Elsevier on behalf of the American College of Cardiology Foundation. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title Class III Antiarrhythmics and Periprocedural Torsades de Pointes
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title_short Class III Antiarrhythmics and Periprocedural Torsades de Pointes
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10635876/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37954945
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.101998
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