Acquired QT syndrome is mainly caused by the administration of drugs that prolong ventricular repolarization. On the other hand, the risk of drug-induced torsades de pointes is increased by numerous predisposing factors, ...

The detection of proarrhythmic side effects in many marketed drugs has prompted the search for complementary non-invasive markers of cardiotoxicity risk. Novel indices based on the study of cardiac vector dynamics have now ...

Introduction: Antiarrhythmic drugs therapies are currently going through a turning point. The high risk that exists during the treatments has led to an ongoing search for new non-invasive toxicity risk biomarkers. Methods: ...

Background: Antidepressants have been widely prescribed for depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, and in the management of behavioural symptoms of adult-old patients. Although generally safe, newer generation antidepressants ...

Introduction: Medication-induced long QT syndrome (LQTS) can lead to Torsade de Pointes (TdP), a rare polymorphic ventricular tachycardia that can be fatal. Objectives: To investigate the QTc interval prolongation in ...

Reacciones y usos similares a los de la morfina. Así mismo, se utiliza en el tratamiento de la drogodependencia, pero su uso es limitado en algunos países a pesar de la prevalencia considerable del uso indebido de heroína. ...

El estudio de muerte súbita cardiaca es muy importante, dada la alta incidencia a nivel mundial, y en los países industrializados se ha convertido un problema de salud pública. Sin embargo, el abordaje de este tipo de ...