Torsades de pointes associated with nonantiarrhythmic drugs and observations on gender and QTc

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1316-1319

  Bednar, Martin M ^a   Harrigan, Edmund P ^a   Ruskin, Jeremy N ^b  

^a PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEMIZOLE; CISAPRIDE; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; HALOFANTRINE; HALOPERIDOL; KETANSERIN; PENTAMIDINE; PROBUCOL; TERFENADINE; TERODILINE; THIORIDAZINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TORSADE DES POINTES;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SEX FACTORS; TORSADES DE POINTES;

EID: 0036607371     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)02337-8     Document Type: Article

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