Prolonged QT interval and cardiac arrest after a single dose of amiodarone in a woman with Turner's syndrome

Low‐dose QT‐prolonging drugs may have detrimental effects on women with Turner's syndrome. Preventive measures would be to use potential QT‐prolonging drugs with precaution and ensure that both before and during treatment, ECGs are evaluated and drug treatment stopped if the QT interval increas...

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Autores principales: Nielsen, Dorte Guldbrand, Nielsen, Jens Cosedis, Trolle, Christian, Gravholt, Claus Højbjerg, Andersen, Niels Holmark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5290509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28174642
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.802
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Sumario:Low‐dose QT‐prolonging drugs may have detrimental effects on women with Turner's syndrome. Preventive measures would be to use potential QT‐prolonging drugs with precaution and ensure that both before and during treatment, ECGs are evaluated and drug treatment stopped if the QT interval increases.

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