Effect of artemisinin-piperaquine treatment on the electrocardiogram of malaria patients

Effect of artemisinin-piperaquine treatment on the electrocardiogram of malaria patients

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Concern regarding the cardiotoxicity of antimalarials has been renewed because of their potential to cause QT/QTc interval prolongation related to torsade de pointes (TdP). Artemisinin-piperaquine (AP) is considered an effective artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) fo...

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Main Authors: Wanting Wu, Yuan Liang, Guangchao Wu, Yinghang Su, Hongying Zhang, Zhenyan Zhang, Changsheng Deng, Qi Wang, Bo Huang, Bo Tan, Chongjun Zhou, Jianping Song
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2019-05-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
ECG
QT
Artemisinin-piperaquine
Malaria
Cambodia
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