QT interval prolongation and Torsades de Pointes in a patient receiving zolpidem and amiodarone

Cardiology. 2006;105(3):146-7. doi: 10.1159/000091201. Epub 2006 Jan 4.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Amiodarone / adverse effects*
  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / adverse effects*
  • Drug Interactions
  • Electric Countershock
  • Female
  • Heart Conduction System / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Hypnotics and Sedatives / adverse effects*
  • Long QT Syndrome / chemically induced*
  • Long QT Syndrome / therapy
  • Pyridines / adverse effects*
  • Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / drug therapy
  • Torsades de Pointes / chemically induced*
  • Torsades de Pointes / therapy
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / chemically induced
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / therapy
  • Zolpidem

Substances

  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
  • Hypnotics and Sedatives
  • Pyridines
  • Zolpidem
  • Amiodarone