Torsade de pointes with an antihistamine metabolite: Potassium channel blockade with desmethylastemizole

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1556-1561

  Vorperian, Vicken R ^a   Zhou, Zhengfeng ^a   Mohammad, Saeed ^a   Hoon, Timothy J ^a   Studenik, Christian ^a   January, Craig T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 [2 (6 METHYL 2 PYRIDYL)ETHYL] 4 (4 METHYLSULFONYLAMINOBENZOYL)PIPERIDINE; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ASTEMIZOLE; DRUG METABOLITE; NORASTEMIZOLE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RABBIT; TORSADE DES POINTES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ASTEMIZOLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART ARREST; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RABBITS; TORSADES DE POINTES;

EID: 0030588931     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(96)00352-X     Document Type: Article

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