title: Magnesium treatment of torsade de pointes--a case report.
abstract: An eighty-one-year-old woman received quinidine in order to convert atrial fibrillation to a sinus rhythm. The patient developed a prolonged QT interval on the EKG, as well as episodes of torsade de pointes. With the administration of intravenous magnesium sulfate, the abnormal rhythm was suppressed within minutes. Thus, magnesium should be the first drug used in patients with torsade de pointes and prolonged QT interval on the electrocardiogram.
authors.affiliation: Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Gould
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Betzu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vacek
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Muller
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pradeep
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scafa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008278:Magnesium Sulfate / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D008278:Magnesium Sulfate