Diltiazem-induced Transient Complete Atrioventricular Block in an Elderly Patient with Acute on Chronic Renal Failure

Diltiazem is a calcium channel blocker commonly used in the treatment of various cardiovascular disorders such as hypertension, angina and supraventricular tachycardias. Metabolism occurs mainly in the liver, but a small percentage of unchanged drug and metabolites are excreted in the urine. Toxicit...

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Autores principales: Brenes, Jorge A, Cha, Yong-Mei
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bentham Open 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3680986/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23847692
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874192401307010023
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description Diltiazem is a calcium channel blocker commonly used in the treatment of various cardiovascular disorders such as hypertension, angina and supraventricular tachycardias. Metabolism occurs mainly in the liver, but a small percentage of unchanged drug and metabolites are excreted in the urine. Toxicity from this medication usually presents in the form of dysrrhytmias and heart block. Hence, we present a case of complete atrioventricular AV block in a patient receiving sustained- release diltiazem on a chronic basis. Risk factors such as advanced age and impaired renal function are dis-cussed.
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spelling pubmed-36809862013-07-11 Diltiazem-induced Transient Complete Atrioventricular Block in an Elderly Patient with Acute on Chronic Renal Failure Brenes, Jorge A Cha, Yong-Mei Open Cardiovasc Med J Article Diltiazem is a calcium channel blocker commonly used in the treatment of various cardiovascular disorders such as hypertension, angina and supraventricular tachycardias. Metabolism occurs mainly in the liver, but a small percentage of unchanged drug and metabolites are excreted in the urine. Toxicity from this medication usually presents in the form of dysrrhytmias and heart block. Hence, we present a case of complete atrioventricular AV block in a patient receiving sustained- release diltiazem on a chronic basis. Risk factors such as advanced age and impaired renal function are dis-cussed. Bentham Open 2013-03-29 /pmc/articles/PMC3680986/ /pubmed/23847692 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874192401307010023 Text en © Brenes and Cha; Licensee Bentham Open. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.
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Diltiazem-induced Transient Complete Atrioventricular Block in an Elderly Patient with Acute on Chronic Renal Failure
title Diltiazem-induced Transient Complete Atrioventricular Block in an Elderly Patient with Acute on Chronic Renal Failure
title_full Diltiazem-induced Transient Complete Atrioventricular Block in an Elderly Patient with Acute on Chronic Renal Failure
title_fullStr Diltiazem-induced Transient Complete Atrioventricular Block in an Elderly Patient with Acute on Chronic Renal Failure
title_full_unstemmed Diltiazem-induced Transient Complete Atrioventricular Block in an Elderly Patient with Acute on Chronic Renal Failure
title_short Diltiazem-induced Transient Complete Atrioventricular Block in an Elderly Patient with Acute on Chronic Renal Failure
title_sort diltiazem-induced transient complete atrioventricular block in an elderly patient with acute on chronic renal failure
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3680986/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23847692
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874192401307010023
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