QTc prolongation and torsades de pointes in an elderly woman taking fluoxetine [1]

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 325-

  Wilting, Ingeborg ^a   Smals, O M ^a   Holwerda, N J ^a   Meyboom, R H ^a   De Bruin, M L ^a   Egberts, T C G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; FLUOXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

AGED; AGING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECG ABNORMALITY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QT PROLONGATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNCOPE; TORSADE DES POINTES; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; LONG QT SYNDROME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; TORSADES DE POINTES;

EID: 33645014063     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.163.2.325     Document Type: Letter

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