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QT Interval Prolongation and Torsades de Pointes Unmasked by Intracoronary Acetylcholine Administration
Author(s) -
CHINUSHI MASAOMI,
NAKAGAWA IWAO,
HORI TOMOYUKI,
YAMASHITA FUMIO,
WASHIZUKA TAKASHI,
AIZAWA YOSHIFUSA
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.1460-9592.2001.01561.x
Subject(s) - torsades de pointes , medicine , qt interval , prolongation , cardiology , anesthesia , acetylcholine
CHINUSHI, M., et al. : QT Interval Prolongation and Torsades de Pointes Unmasked by Intracoronary Acetycholine Administration. Intracoronary acetylcholine administration, which was performed to exclude vasospasms, unmasked an abnormal QT interval prolongation and initiated torsades de pointes in a patient with normal QT interval at rest.