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. 2020 Dec 14:aqaa253. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/aqaa253

Table 2.

Cardiac Complications Caused by Chloroquine or Hydroxychloroquine (Adapted From Chatre et al9)

Measure Change
Electrocardiogram

Atrioventricular block (first, second, or third degree)

 

Sick sinus syndrome

Right and/or left bundle-branch block
Ischemic changes or myocardial infarction
Quinidine-like effect
Echocardiogram

Valvular regurgitation (mitral, aortic, or tricuspid)

 

Right heart failure or pulmonary artery wall hypertrophy

Left ventricular hypertrophy, biventricular hypertrophy, restrictive cardiomyopathy
Ventricular hypokinesia
Diastolic dysfunction
Decreased left ventricular ejection fraction
Valvular regurgitation (mitral, aortic, or tricuspid)