A tale of twists: loperamide-induced torsades de pointes and ventricular tachycardia storm

BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Feb 4;13(2):e232823. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-232823.

Authors

Kamal Kant Sahu¹, Amr El Meligy², Ajay Kumar Mishra³, Sanjeev Goyal²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA [email protected].
² Division of Cardiology, Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: arrhythmias; cardiovascular medicine; interventional cardiology; pacing and electrophysiology.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Electrocardiography
Humans
Loperamide / adverse effects*
Male
Torsades de Pointes / chemically induced*
Torsades de Pointes / diagnosis*
Ventricular Fibrillation / chemically induced*
Ventricular Fibrillation / diagnosis*

Substances

Loperamide