@article{ref1,
title="Case report: reversible QT prolongation with torsades de pointes in a patient with pimozide intoxication",
journal="American journal of the medical sciences",
year="1995",
author="Krähenbühl, S. and Sauter, B. and Kupferschmidt, H. and Krause, M. and Wyss, P. A. and Meier, P. J.",
volume="309",
number="6",
pages="315-316",
abstract="Pimozide is a diphenylpiperidine neuroleptic with well characterized cardiovascular side effects including QT prolongation. So far, life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias, in particular torsades de pointes, have not been described in patients treated with pimozide. The authors describe a patient in whom torsades de pointes developed after the ingestion of 800 mg pimozide as a suicide attempt. After intravenous treatment with lidocaine and magnesium, the patient recovered completely and the QT interval had normalized 5 days after the intoxication. Potential mechanisms leading to torsades de pointes in patients treated with pimozide are discussed.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0002-9629",
doi="10.1097/00000441-199506000-00003",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00000441-199506000-00003"
}