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Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia in a Woman Taking Cesium Chloride
Author(s) -
SALIBA WALID,
ERDOGAN OKAN,
NIEBAUER MARK
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2001.00515.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hypokalemia , ventricular tachycardia , qt interval , cardiology , discontinuation , tachycardia , electrocardiography , anesthesia
SALIBA, W., et al. : Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia in a Woman Taking Cesium Chloride. A 47‐ year‐old patient presented with syncope and recurrent episodes of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia. She had evidence of prolonged QT interval by ECG and had been taking cesium as a dietary supplement. Correction of the hypokalemia and discontinuation of the cesium resulted in normalization of the QT interval during follow‐up with no further recurrence of ventricular arrhythmias. The use of this drug is potentially hazardous as it may induce fatal ventricular arrhythmias.