PMID: 11341093May 9, 2001Paper

Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in a woman taking cesium chloride

Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology : PACE
W SalibaM Niebauer

Abstract

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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