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Molecular predictors of drug-induced prolongation of the QT interval.
Current medicinal chemistry. Cardiovascular and hematological agents - 1 Apr 2005
Dilaveris Polychronis E
Abstract excerpt
One of the most common causes of drug withdrawal from the market is the prolongation of the QT interval associated with polymorphic ventricular tachycardia or torsade de pointes (TdP) that can degenerate into ventricular fibrillation and sudden cardiac death. Cardiac and non-cardiac drugs prolong the QT interval and cause TdP by blocking cardiac K+ channels in general, and selectively blocking the rapidly...
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