Opioid maintenance patients with QTc prolongation: congenital long QT syndrome mutation may be a contributing risk factor.

doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.06.015

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Opioid maintenance patients with QTc prolongation: congenital long QT syndrome mutation may be a contributing risk factor.

Drug and alcohol dependence - 1 Dec 2010

Anchersen Katinka, Hansteen Viggo, Gossop Michael, Clausen Thomas, Waal Helge

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OBJECTIVES: This study investigates opioid maintenance treatment (OMT) patients found to have corrected QT (QTc) interval above 500 ms, with particular focus on past medical history, genetic testing and cardiac investigations. METHODS: Detailed medical and cardiac history was obtained, with particular focus upon risk factors. Cardiac investigations, including genetic testing for the five most common long QT...

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