Clinical study of amiodarone-associated torsade de pointes in Chinese people

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 712-718

  Geng, Deng Feng ^a   Jin, Dong Mei ^a   Wang, Jing Feng ^a   Luo, Ying Jia ^a   Wu, Wei ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Proarrhythmia; Torsades de pointes

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; APRINDINE; DIGOXIN; METOPROLOL; PROPAFENONE; SOTALOL; VERAPAMIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; QT PROLONGATION; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; TORSADE DES POINTES;

AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TORSADES DE POINTES;

EID: 33745951463     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00424.x     Document Type: Article

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