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BMJ Case Reports 2009; doi:10.1136/bcr.01.2009.1426
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Sotalol induced QT prolongation and torsades de pointes

  1. Dennis Wai Seng Chong1,
  2. Sunil J Ankolekar1,
  3. John McDonald2
  1. 1
    Royal Blackburn Hospital, Department of Medicine, Haslingden Road, Blackburn BB2 3HH, UK
  2. 2
    Royal Blackburn Hospital, Cardiology, Haslingden Road, Blackburn BB2 3HH, UK
  1. Dennis Wai Seng Chong, d.w.s.chong{at}gmail.com
  • Published 3 April 2009

A previously healthy 58-year-old woman was admitted with a 3-week history of breathlessness for which she received erythromycin as treatment for a lower respiratory tract infection by her general practitioner. Her admission chest radiograph was normal but electrocardiogram (ECG) showed atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular conduction of 170 beats per minute. She was treated …

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