Cardiology
Amiodarone-associated torsades de pointes is associated with long QTc interval in Chinese people
Published in Heart Disease Weekly, September 17th, 2006
According to a recent report, "Amiodarone-associated torsades de pointes (Tdp) has been reported increasingly in China in recent years. In this study, we made clinical analysis of amiodarone-associated Tdp in Chinese people."
"Two major Chinese medical databases were searched to identify articles published during the last 26 years that presented data on amiodarone-associated pro-arrhythmic events," wrote D.F. Geng and colleagues at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou. "The articles were divided into two categories: case reports...
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Source: Heart Disease Weekly (2006-09-17)
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