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- Title
Cisapride and Torsades de Pointes in a Pacemaker Patient.
- Authors
Kheng-Siang Ng; Lai-San Tham; Hwee-Huan Tan; Book Lock Chia
- Abstract
Cisapride induced QT prolongation with consequent life-threatening arrhythmias including torsades de pointes has recently been documented hut is rare. We report the case of a patient who had received permanent pacemaker therapy for complete AV block with symptomatic bradycardia dependent torsades de pointes, but suffered breakthrough torsades during cisapride therapy despite constant pacing.
- Subjects
CARDIAC pacemakers; IMPLANTED cardiovascular instruments; ELECTRONICS in cardiology; ARTIFICIAL implants; CISAPRIDE; CARDIAC pacing; ARRHYTHMIA treatment; ELECTRIC stimulation
- Publication
Pacing & Clinical Electrophysiology, 2000, Vol 23, Issue 1, p130
- ISSN
0147-8389
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1540-8159.2000.tb00659.x