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Drug-induced Inhibition and Trafficking Disruption of ion Channels: Pathogenesis of QT Abnormalities and Drug-induced Fatal Arrhythmias

Risk of severe and fatal ventricular arrhythmias, presenting as Torsade de Pointes (TdP), is increased in congenital and acquired forms of long QT syndromes (LQTS). Drug-induced inhibition of K+ currents, IKs, IKr, IK1, and/or Ito, delay repolarization, prolong QT, and increase the risk of TdP. Drug...

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Autor principal: Cubeddu, Luigi X.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bentham Science Publishers 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4861943/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26926294
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1573403X12666160301120217