Torsades de Pointes Ventricular Tachycardia Induced by Mosapride and Flecainide in the Presence of Hypokalemia

@article{Ohki2001TorsadesDP,
  title={Torsades de Pointes Ventricular Tachycardia Induced by Mosapride and Flecainide in the Presence of Hypokalemia},
  author={Ruri Ohki and Masafumi Takahashi and Osamu Mizuno and Hideyuki Fujikawa and Takeshi Mitsuhashi and Taka-aki Katsuki and Uichi Ikeda and Kazuyuki Shimada},
  journal={Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology},
  year={2001},
  volume={24}
}
OHKI, R., et al.: Torsades de Pointes Ventricular Tachycardia Induced by Mosapride and Flecainide in the Presence of Hypokalemia. We report a 68‐year‐old man who developed torsades de pointes ventricular tachycardia induced by combined use of mosapride and flecainide. He had a permanent pacemaker (DDD mode) implanted because of sick sinus syndrome (bradytachy syndrome) 6 years earlier. The patient had started taking mosapride for upper abdominal discomfort 2 weeks earlier. On admission, ECG… 
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