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QT interval prolongation and cardiac risk assessment for novel drugs.
Current opinion in investigational drugs (London, England : 2000) - 1 Mar 2003
Picard Sandra, Lacroix Pierre
Abstract excerpt
Fatal cardiac arrhythmias, known as torsades de pointes, can occur with a wide variety of medicinal drugs and are associated with prolongation of the QT interval. This review critically evaluates the major strategies for assessing QT prolongation risk: ion channel studies, in vitro cardiac electrophysiology, and in vivo cardiac electrophysiology and hemodynamics. Disease- or drug-induced QT prolongation is mainly...
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