How to Diagnose and Manage QT Prolongation in Cancer Patients

Peter Y Kim; Jorge A Irizarry-Caro; Tushar Ramesh; Cezar Iliescu; Juan C Lopez-Mattei

doi:10.1016/j.jaccao.2021.01.002

How to Diagnose and Manage QT Prolongation in Cancer Patients

JACC CardioOncol. 2021 Mar 16;3(1):145-149. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccao.2021.01.002. eCollection 2021 Mar.

Authors

Peter Y Kim¹, Jorge A Irizarry-Caro², Tushar Ramesh³, Cezar Iliescu¹, Juan C Lopez-Mattei^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Division of Internal Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
² Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
⁴ Department of Thoracic Imaging, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: ECG, electrocardiogram; QT interval; QTc, QT interval corrected for heart rate; TKI, tyrosine kinase inhibitor; TdP, torsades de pointes; chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity; torsades de pointes.

Publication types

Review