Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia in a Woman Taking Cesium Chloride |
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| Authors: | WALID SALIBA OKAN ERDOGAN MARK NIEBAUER |
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| Institution: | Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio |
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| Abstract: | SALIBA, W., et al. : Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia in a Woman Taking Cesium Chloride. A 47- year-old patient presented with syncope and recurrent episodes of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia. She had evidence of prolonged QT interval by ECG and had been taking cesium as a dietary supplement. Correction of the hypokalemia and discontinuation of the cesium resulted in normalization of the QT interval during follow-up with no further recurrence of ventricular arrhythmias. The use of this drug is potentially hazardous as it may induce fatal ventricular arrhythmias. |
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| Keywords: | cesium polymorphic ventricular tachycardia torsade de pointes prolonged QT |
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