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. 1980 Sep;44(3):330–334. doi: 10.1136/hrt.44.3.330

Prenylamine-induced ventricular tachycardia and syncope controlled by ventricular pacing.

E Grenadier, S Keidar, G Alpan, A Marmor, A Palant
PMCID: PMC482406  PMID: 7426190

Abstract

We describe eight patients treated for angina with prenylamine who developed life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias after QT interval prolongation. When prenylamine administration was stopped QT interval shortened to within normal values, while the ventricular arrhythmias were controlled by a temporary ventricular pacemaker and disappeared after several days. We stress the importance of surveillance of the QT interval and ventricular arrhythmias in patients receiving long-term treatment with prenylamine.

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