Cardiac effects of antimalarial treatment with halofantrine.
In a prospective electrocardiographic study of Karen patients with acute uncomplicated falciparum malaria, mefloquine (25 mg/kg) had no cardiac effects (n = 53), but halofantrine (72 mg/kg) induced consistent dose-related lengthening of the PR and QT intervals in all 61 patients treated. The likelih...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Sprache: | English |
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1993
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