Refractory Torsades de Pointes Due to Dofetilide Overdose

• मुख्य लेखकों: James Crosby DO (लेखक), Huzefa Bhopalwala MD (लेखक), Amrin Kharawala MD (लेखक), Nakeya Dewaswala MD (लेखक), Subramanya Shyam Ganti MD, MBBS (लेखक), Adnan Bhopalwala MD (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: SAGE Publishing, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Dofetilide, a class III antiarrhythmic, is widely used in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. Antiarrhythmic drugs can have a long duration of action that prolongs the QT interval. This causes bradycardia that predisposes to R-on-T phenomenon subsequently leading to torsades de pointes (TdP). This...