QT prolongation due to roxithromycin

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 900, 2000, Pages 651-653

  Woywodt, A ^a   Grommas, U ^a   Buth, W ^a   Rafflenbeul, W ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; CAPTOPRIL; DIGOXIN; FUROSEMIDE; METOPROLOL; ROXITHROMYCIN;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; AGED; ANKLE EDEMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; HEART BEAT; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART SOUND; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; PNEUMONIA; SINUS RHYTHM; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; POLYPHARMACY; ROXITHROMYCIN;

EID: 0033782576     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.76.900.651     Document Type: Article

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