Methadone induced torsades de pointes and ventricular fibrillation: A case review

BACKGROUND: Methadone is a synthetic opioid, which has been successfully used in treating heroin addiction and chronic pain syndrome in palliative care for more than 30 years. This drug is a potent blocker of the delayed rectifier potassium ion channel, which may result in corrected QT (QTc) interva...

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Autores principales: Khalesi, Somayeh, Shemirani, Hassan, Dehghani-Tafti, Faezeh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4354087/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25815024

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