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Psychoactive for long qt syndrome, what does that mean?
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Effect of meds: Several psychoactive medications can cause long QT syndrome. The significance of this is that this can be related to a dangerous irregular heart rhythm called "torsade de pointes", a polymorphic ventricular tachycardia.
Answered 12/11/2015
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