title: QT prolongation and polymorphous ventricular tachycardia associated with trasodone-amiodarone combination.
abstract: Trasodone, a second generation antidepressant, has been shown to equal standard tricyclics in clinical efficacy while causing significantly fewer cardiac side effects. Although clinical trials have demonstrated a relatively safe arrhythmogenic profile, trasodone has been implicated in the pathogenesis of ventricular arrhythmias. This report describes a patient in whom the administration of trasodone in addition to previously well-tolerated long-term amiodarone therapy was associated with a marked prolongation of the QT interval and polymorphous ventricular tachycardia. Caution in the concurrent use of trasodone and other medications known to cause QT prolongation and polymorphous ventricular tachycardia is recommended.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tiqva, Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mazur
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Strasberg
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kusniec
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sclarovsky
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000638:Amiodarone / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018687:Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000187:drug effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000145:classification*; D014196:Trazodone / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D018687:Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation; D000638:Amiodarone; D014196:Trazodone