A Case of Sudden Cardiac Death due to Pilsicainide-Induced Torsades de Pointes

An 84-year-old male received oral pilsicainide, a pure sodium channel blocker with slow recovery kinetics, to convert his paroxysmal atrial fibrillation to a sinus rhythm; the patient developed sudden cardiac death two days later. The Holter electrocardiogram, which was worn by chance, revealed tors...

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Autores principales: Nakatani, Shimpei, Taniike, Masayuki, Makino, Nobuhiko, Egami, Yasuyuki, Shutta, Ryu, Tanouchi, Jun, Nishino, Masami
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Cardiology 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3958607/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24653743
http://dx.doi.org/10.4070/kcj.2014.44.2.122

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3958607/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24653743
http://dx.doi.org/10.4070/kcj.2014.44.2.122

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