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Prevalence of Torsades de Pointes inducing drugs usage among elderly outpatients in North Jordan Hospitals

BACKGROUND: Torsade de Pointes (TdP) is an abnormal cardiac rhythm associated with a prolongation of QT interval. Although in most cases it spontaneously returns to the normal rhythm, TdP can lead to sudden cardiac death. Medications are the main cause of QT-prolongation and subsequent TdP flare, ev...

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Autores principales: Al-Azayzih, Ahmad, Gharaibeh, Sara, Jarab, Anan S., Mukattash, Tareq L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6260490/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30532635
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsps.2018.07.002