QT interval prolongation and extreme bradycardia after a single dose of azithromycin;Prolongamento do intervalo QT e bradicardia induzidos por toma única de azitromicina

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 139-142

  Santos, Ninel ^a   Oliveira, Mário ^a   Galrinho, Ana ^a   Oliveira, José Alberto ^a   Ferreira, Lurdes ^a   Ferreira, Rui ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARTA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azithromycin; Bradycardia; QT prolongation

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFOTAXIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; QT PROLONGATION; SINUS RHYTHM; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; BRADYCARDIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77954695623     PISSN: 08702551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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