QT interval prolongation and torsade de pointes.
Torsade de pointes is a form of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia occurring in a setting of prolonged QT interval on surface electrocardiogram. Several drugs have been shown to prolong cardiac repolarization predisposing to torsade de pointes ventricular tachycardia. We present a case of torsade de pointes in a 72-year-old Italian woman in treatment with sotalol, sertraline, digoxin and acenocumarine.
Patanè
Salvatore
S
Marte
Filippo
F
Di Bella
Gianluca
G
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008133:Long QT Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016171:Torsades de Pointes / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology