JAPANESE CIRCULATION JOURNAL
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Print ISSN : 0047-1828
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Case Report
Clarithromycin Associated With Torsades de Pointes
Hideyuki KamochiTakanobu NiiKazuo EguchiTadashi MoriAkifumi YamamotoKazuya ShimodaKazuo Ibaraki
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1999 Volume 63 Issue 5 Pages 421-422

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Two cases of QT prolongation and torsades de pointes (TdP) are presented. The patients had been taking clarithromycin (400 mg/day) for respiratory disease. Although erythromycin is reportedly associated with TdP, this is the first report of clarithromycin associated with TdP in the absence of other drugs already known to produce QT prolongation. (Jpn Circ J 1999; 63: 421 - 422)

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