Torsade de Pointes and Marked QT Prolongation in Association with Hypothyroidism
Authors: ANIL KUMAR
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1987)

Brief Reports1 May 1987Torsade de Pointes and Marked QT Prolongation in Association with HypothyroidismANIL KUMAR, M.D., ANIL K. BHANDARI, M.D., SHAHBUDIN H. RAHIMTOOLA, M.B.ANIL KUMAR, M.D., ANIL K. BHANDARI, M.D., SHAHBUDIN H. RAHIMTOOLA, M.B.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-106-5-712 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSustained ventricular tachyarrhythmias occur infrequently in patients with hypothyroidism (1, 2). In all previous reports (3-8), the morphologic features of ventricular tachyarrhythmias were not well characterized, and precipitating factors might have resulted in the tachyarrhythmias without hypothyroidism. The occurrence of torsade de pointes caused by hypothyroidism has not been well documented. 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RAHIMTOOLA, M.B.Affiliations: Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center Los Angeles, California. 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