TORSADOGENIC INDEX: A proposal to improve survival rates in cardiac arrests due to prescribed drugs

Since unexpected sudden deaths have been reported with the use of diversal non-cardiac drugs, cardio-safety experts focused their attention on security measures to improve survival rates in heart stoppages due to this prescribed drugs. Considering that prolongation of the QTc is a reliable marker of...

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Main Author: Adrián Angel Angel Inchauspe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphar.2012.00099/full