{"title":"Mechanisms and management of drug‐induced QT prolongation","authors":"G. Parsons","doi":"10.1002/psb.2023","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Many drugs are associated with QT prolongation and certain patient factors can increase this effect, leading to a significant risk of arrhythmias. This article describes the drug and patient factors that can lead to QT prolongation and discusses how the risks can be reduced.","PeriodicalId":88184,"journal":{"name":"The Prescriber","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Prescriber","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1002/psb.2023","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Many drugs are associated with QT prolongation and certain patient factors can increase this effect, leading to a significant risk of arrhythmias. This article describes the drug and patient factors that can lead to QT prolongation and discusses how the risks can be reduced.