Co-Prescription of QT-Interval Prolonging Drugs: An Analysis in a Large Cohort of Geriatric Patients

BACKGROUND: Drug-induced QT-interval prolongation is associated with occurrence of potentially fatal Torsades de Pointes arrhythmias (TdP). So far, data regarding the overall burden of QT-interval prolonging drugs (QT-drugs) in geriatric patients are limited. OBJECTIVE: This study was performed to a...

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Autores principales: Schächtele, Simone, Tümena, Thomas, Gaßmann, Karl-Günter, Fromm, Martin F., Maas, Renke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4871413/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27192430
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155649

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4871413/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27192430
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155649

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