Marked QTc prolongation and Torsades de Pointes in patients with chronic inflammatory arthritis
Mounting evidence indicates that in chronic inflammatory arthritis (CIA), QTc prolongation is frequent and correlates with systemic inflammatory activation. Notably, basic studies demonstrated that inflammatory cytokines induce profound changes in potassium and calcium channels resulting in a prolon...
Main Authors: | Pietro Enea Lazzerini, Pier Leopoldo Capecchi, Iacopo Bertolozzi, Gabriella Morozzi, Sauro Lorenzini, Antonella Simpatico, Selvi Enrico, Maria Romana Bacarelli, Maurizio Acampa, Deana Lazaro, Nabil El-Sherif, Mohamed Boutjdir, Franco Laghi-Pasini |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-09-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fcvm.2016.00031/full |
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