| Literature DB >> 7426190 |
E Grenadier, S Keidar, G Alpan, A Marmor, A Palant.
Abstract
We describe eight patients treated for angina with prenylamine who developed life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias after QT interval prolongation. When prenylamine administration was stopped QT interval shortened to within normal values, while the ventricular arrhythmias were controlled by a temporary ventricular pacemaker and disappeared after several days. We stress the importance of surveillance of the QT interval and ventricular arrhythmias in patients receiving long-term treatment with prenylamine.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID: 7426190 PMCID: PMC482406 DOI: 10.1136/hrt.44.3.330
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br Heart J ISSN: 0007-0769