Pro-Arrhythmic Effects of Noncardiac Medications

Pro-Arrhythmic Effects of Noncardiac Medications

[...]data on total mortality were available for >12 million patients from 23 studies, and overall, macrolide use was not statistically associated with an increased risk of death (12), denoting the small absolute risk of arrhythmic death. [...]full disclosure of the available information could pro...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2015-11, Vol.66 (20), p.2185-2188
Hauptverfasser: Viskin, Sami, MD, Havakuk, Ofer, MD, Schwaber, Mitchell J., MD, MSc
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Antibiotics
Cardiac arrhythmia
Cardiology
Cardiovascular
Electrocardiography
Internal Medicine
Long QT syndrome
Mortality
Pharmaceutical industry
Physicians
Potassium
Prescription drugs
Psychotropic drugs
Studies
Substance abuse treatment
Surveillance
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Zusammenfassung:[...]data on total mortality were available for >12 million patients from 23 studies, and overall, macrolide use was not statistically associated with an increased risk of death (12), denoting the small absolute risk of arrhythmic death. [...]full disclosure of the available information could prove counterproductive by lessening therapeutic compliance (30).
ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/j.jacc.2015.09.027