Erythromycin-induced long QT syndrome: Concordance with quinidine and underlying cellular electrophysiologic mechanism

The American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 235-238

  Nattel, Stanley ^a,b,c   Ranger, Suzanne ^a   Talajic, Mario ^a,d   Lemery, Robert ^a,d   Roy, Denis ^a,d  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Pharmacology and Therapeutics   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; QUINIDINE;

AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOG; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; TACHYCARDIA; TORSADE DES POINTES;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; ANIMAL; ARRHYTHMIA; CASE REPORT; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHROMYCIN; HUMAN; IN VITRO; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; PURKINJE FIBERS; QUINIDINE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0024994542     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(90)90305-W     Document Type: Article

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