Category: Toxicology
Keywords: prolonged QT, arrhythmia, adverse effect, antiarrhythmics, antibiotics, antipsychotics (PubMed Search)
Posted: 5/1/2008 by Ellen Lemkin, MD, PharmD
(Updated: 11/22/2024)
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Other factors that are associated with prolonged QT include: bradycardia, female sex, genetics, and electrolyte abnormalities.
Kannakeril PJ, Roden DM. Drug-Induced long QT and torsade de pointes: recent advances. Current opinions in cardiology. Jan 2007;22(1):39-43.
Horn JR, Hansten PD. Drug Interactions and QT Interval Prolongation. Pharmacy Times Dec 2004. pp66.