Torsades de pointes type ventricular tachycardia in a patient with digitalis intoxication under chronic treatment with quinine sulfate [3];Taquicardia ventricular tipo torsades de pointes en un paciente con intoxicación digitálica en tratamiento crónico con sulfato de quinina

Medicina Intensiva

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 106-107

  Ramirez A ^a   Galvan J M ^a  

^a Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMLODIPINE; AMPICILLIN; ASTEMIZOLE; CANDESARTAN; DIGOXIN; DISOPYRAMIDE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PAPAVERINE; PENTAMIDINE; PROBUCOL; QUININE SULFATE; SOTALOL; SPIRAMYCIN; TERFENADINE; THIORIDAZINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRIMETHOPRIM;

DIGITALIS INTOXICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; TORSADE DES POINTES;

EID: 34247487887     PISSN: 02105691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0210-5691(07)74785-X     Document Type: Letter

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