If you are one of those who pop painkillers all too often, then you might be raising your risk of heart attack and heart ...

Objective: Although there are certain drug categories associated with heart failure (HF), most of the associated risks are unclear ... Conclusion: This study highlights key drugs associated with ...

Drug-induced cardiotoxicity (DICT) is an important concern of drug safety in both drug development and clinical application. The clinical manifestations of DICT include cardiomyopathy, arrhythmia, ...

You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways. For life threatening cardiac arrhythmia, the administration of drugs should be by the ...

Torsades de pointes (TdP) arrhythmia is a potentially life-threatening cardiac disorder that is often associated with a prolonged QT interval in the surface ECG. Many drugs from different chemical ...

Drug-induced valvular heart disease (DIVHD) was first described in the 1960s. Initially, associations with ergot derivatives used for migraine prevention, or with anorectic drugs, were described.

Heart arrhythmias are managed with medications to restore normal rhythm, control heart rate, and prevent complications. The ...

Our objective is to use induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell technology to produce a cell-based test for long QT syndrome (LQTS), a major form of sudden cardiac death. Nearly 500,000 people in the US ...

However, controversial reports declared that a major part of these drug-induced AV blocks are persistent or recurrent. Methods:Of 668 consecutive patients with symptomatic type II second- or third ...

A young man presented to the emergency department with seizures and recurrent episodes of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (PMVT)/torsades de pointes (TdP) requiring cardioversion and ...

I have general expertise in cardiac ion channel pharmacology and antiarrhythmic drug action, and a particular interest in the hERG potassium channel, which plays an important role in drug-induced ...