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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL SCIENCES
Volume 327, Issue 1, Pages 55-56Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200401000-00012
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quinolones; gatifloxacin; increased QT interval; syncope; arrhythmias
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We report the case of a 54-year-old woman who, while being treated for acute sinusitis with gatifloxacin, presented with syncope and was found to have a markedly prolonged QT interval. After stopping gatifloxacin, the QT interval normalized. We speculate that her episode of syncope was caused by a ventricular arrhythmia that resulted from an increased QT interval.
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