Prediction of Ventricular Arrhythmias by QRS/QTc - Ratio in Citalopram or Escitalopram Intoxication

Prediction of Ventricular Arrhythmias by QRS/QTc - Ratio in Citalopram or Escitalopram Intoxication

BackgroundThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has stated that citalopram and escitalopram should not be used at daily doses above 40 mg/20 mg due to risk for development of fatal ventricular arrhythmias like torsade de pointes (TdP). Yet, supratherapeutic serum concentrations of citalopram a...

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Main Authors: Erik Sveberg Dietrichs, Godfrey L. Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
citalopram
escitalopram
long QT
ECG
QRS/QTc
arrhythmia
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.866454/full

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