Cisapride and torsades de pointes in a pacemaker patient

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 130-132

  Ng, Kheng Siang ^a   Tham, Lai San ^a   Tan, Hwee Huan ^a   Chia, Boon Lock ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

And permanent pacemaker; Cisapride; Prolonged QT interval; Torsades de pointes

Indexed keywords

CISAPRIDE; CYTOCHROME P450; HALOPERIDOL; PAROXETINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MOOD; QT INTERVAL; STOMACH EMPTYING; SYNCOPE; TORSADE DES POINTES;

EID: 0033959039     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2000.tb00659.x     Document Type: Article

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