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Pharmacometabolomic approach to predict QT prolongation in guinea pigs.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Park Jeonghyeon, Noh Keumhan, Lee Hae Won, Lim Mi-sun, Seong Sook Jin, Seo Jeong Ju, Kim Eun-Jung, Kang Wonku, Yoon Young-Ran
Abstract excerpt
Drug-induced torsades de pointes (TdP), a life-threatening arrhythmia associated with prolongation of the QT interval, has been a significant reason for withdrawal of several medicines from the market. Prolongation of the QT interval is considered as the best biomarker for predicting the torsadogenic risk of a new chemical entity. Because of the difficulty assessing the risk for TdP during drug development, we...
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