Effect of Methadone on Cardiac Repolarization in Japanese Cancer Patients: A Longitudinal Study

INTRODUCTION: Methadone is known to prolong the QT interval, which could induce lethal arrhythmias such as torsades de pointes. To determine the risk of ventricular arrhythmias in cancer patients using methadone, we measured QT dispersion (QTD) and Tpeak-Tend (TpTe) before and after methadone admini...

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Autores principales: Yamanaka, Eriko, Chino, Satoru, Takasusuki, Toshifumi, Hamaguchi, Shinsuke, Yamaguchi, Shigeki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Healthcare 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7237557/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31748937
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40119-019-00156-4

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