Wide interindividual variability in cardiovascular toxicity of loperamide: A case report and review of literature

HeartRhythm Case Rep. 2019 Jan 14;5(4):221-224. doi: 10.1016/j.hrcr.2019.01.004. eCollection 2019 Apr.

Utkarsh Kohli^{1

2}, Mohammad Altujjar³, Rajaninder Sharma³, Sohail Hassan⁴

¹ Division of Pediatric Cardiology and Electrophysiology, Department of Pediatrics, St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan.
² Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan.
⁴ Division of Electrophysiology, Department of Cardiology, St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan.

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Keywords: Cardiotoxicity; Loperamide; Prolonged QTc; Sudden cardiac arrest; Torsades de pointes (TdP).

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