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10.25259/mm_ijcdw_470
Drug-induced Macro-T-Wave Alternans with QTc Prolongation
1Department of Cardiology, Dr. D. Y Patil Medical College and Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
*Corresponding author: Sridevi Chigullapali, Department of Cardiology, Dr. D. Y Patil Medical College and Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India. csridevi2007@rediffmail.com
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© 2022 Published by Scientific Scholar on behalf of Indian Journal of Cardiovascular Disease in Women
How to cite this article: Chigullapali S, Jain R, Patil R. Drug-induced macro-T-wave alternans with QTc prolongation. Indian J Cardiovasc Dis Women 2022;7:159.
A 32-year-old male patient treated with quinidine for falciparum malaria developed macro-T-wave alternans with prolonged QT interval [Figure 1]. ECG changes were normalized after stopping quinidine.
Figure 1:
- ECG is showing prolonged QTc with T-wave alternans of alternating T-wave polarity.
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