A study on electrocardiographic changes secondary to the use of tricyclic antidepressants in patients with chronic pain;Estudo das alterações eletrocardiográficas com o uso de antidepressivos tricíclicos em pacientes com dor crônica

Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-55

  Da Cunha Jr , Ricardo Joaquim ^a,c   Barrucand, Louis ^a   Verçosa, Nubia ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho ^*

^c FM/UFRJ ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Complementary exams: electrocardiogram; Drugs: tricyclic antidepressants; Pain, chronic: neuropathic

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; IMIPRAMINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT ANTERIOR BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MALE; NEURITIS; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PR INTERVAL; QRS COMPLEX; QRS DURATION; QT DISPERSION; QT INTERVAL; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN;

EID: 67449136062     PISSN: 00347094     EISSN: 1806907X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-70942009000100007     Document Type: Article

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