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Pacing Clin Electrophysiol
; 24(4 Pt 1): 515-7, 2001 Apr.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11341093
RESUMEN
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.