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QT interval prolongation related to psychoactive drug treatment: a comparison of monotherapy versus polytherapy

BACKGROUND: Several antipsychotic agents are known to prolong the QT interval in a dose dependent manner. Corrected QT interval (QTc) exceeding a threshold value of 450 ms may be associated with an increased risk of life threatening arrhythmias. Antipsychotic agents are often given in combination wi...

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Autores principales: Sala, Michela, Vicentini, Alessandro, Brambilla, Paolo, Montomoli, Cristina, Jogia, Jigar RS, Caverzasi, Eduardo, Bonzano, Alberto, Piccinelli, Marco, Barale, Francesco, De Ferrari, Gaetano M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1088007/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15845138
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1744-859X-4-1