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QT Independent Ventricular Tachycardia Induced by Arsenic Trioxide
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QT Independent Ventricular Tachycardia Induced by Arsenic Trioxide

Vicken Zeitjian, Carmel Moazez, Waqas Arslan and Mehrdad Saririan
Case reports in cardiology, Vol.2019(2019), pp.1-3
01/01/2019
PMID: 31737374

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Case Report
Arsenic trioxide (ATO) is commonly known to cause QT prolongation with resultant ventricular tachycardia (VT). VT, independent of QT prolongation, can be a complication of ATO. We present a 46-year-old female who received ATO and during her hospital course had intermittent nonsustained VT. All usual causes of VT were considered including reduced EF < 35%, ischemia, electrolyte abnormalities, medications, and genetic polymorphisms; however, no specific cause was found. After stopping therapy, the episodes of nonsustained VT ceased indicating that there is an association between ATO and VT.
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https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/9870283View
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