A case of sick sinus syndrome that developed torsades de pointes, pacing failure and sensing failure during administration of bepridil

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 783-788

  Ohsawa, Masaki ^a,b   Tanaka, Fumitaka ^a   Kunugita, Fusanori ^a   Saito, Hidenori ^a   Nakamura, Motoyuki ^b   Shiroto, Takahiro ^b   Hotta, Kazuhiko ^b   Chiba, Naoki ^b   Hiramori, Katsuhiko ^b  

^a IWATE PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bepridil; Electrical defibrillation; Pacemaker malfunction; Proarrhytmia; Torsades de pointes

Indexed keywords

BEPRIDIL;

AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART PALPITATION; HEART PROARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; JAPAN; PACEMAKER FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SYNCOPE; TORSADE DES POINTES;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; BEPRIDIL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; TORSADES DE POINTES;

EID: 2442491227     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: 1348673X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/jhj.44.783     Document Type: Article

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