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Sotalol overdosage linked to life-threatening torsade de pointes requiring unconventional antiarrhythmic therapy.
Sotalol overdosage can induce torsade de pointes, a life-threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmia requiring specific recognition and unconventional antiarrhythmic therapy.
Raises awareness of sotalol overdose in torsade; single case leaves open validation of unconventional therapies.
Torsade de pointes is an uncommon ventricular tachyarrhythmia precipitated by a variety of metabolic and pharmacological conditions and requiring unconventional antiarrhythmic therapy. A case is presented demonstrating the occurrence of torsade de pointes following sotalol overdosage and specific features enabling recognition and treatment of this life-threatening arrhythmia are discussed.
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J M Beattie (1984) studied this question. Sotalol overdosage can precipitate torsade de pointes, an uncommon and life-threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmia that requires unconventional antiarrhythmic therapy.
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