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Torsade de pointes, acquired complete heart block and inappropriately long QT in childhood.

* Combining several drugs, each of which may prolong the QTc inter-val, resulting in syncope or torsade de pointes.

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The longer a QT interval, typically measured by an electrocardiogram, the more at risk a person is to develop serious heart rhythm problems and a condition called torsade de pointes, which can result in sudden death.

The bas-reliefs of the church steeple at Dragomirna, the torsade belts, the gothic room of the refectory and the high fortification walls (Badarau, Caprosu 2007, 177, 180, note 108) (4) are some of the similitudes and common points of a project that Varlaam and Vasile developed and finished together in their foundation.

QTc interval prolongation and torsade de pointes associated with second-generation antipsychotics and antidepressants: a comprehensive review.

While sotalol administration increases iCEB and causes torsade de Pointes (TdP), flecainide usage decreases iCEB and causes non-TdP ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation (10).

It is noted that much higher than recommended doses of loperamide, either intentionally or unintentionally, can result in serious cardiac adverse events, including QT interval prolongation, torsade de pointes or other ventricular arrhythmias, syncope, and cardiac arrest.

Viskin, "Long QT syndromes and torsade de pointes," The Lancet, vol.

Several case reports showed that donepezil could lead rarely to serious bradycardia needing pacemaker implantation and fatal ventricular arrhythmia (torsade de pointes (TdP)) [7,8].