Cardiology

Systemic lupus erythematosus

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What parameters would you use to decide whether to stop hydroxychloroquine in a patient whose lupus is well controlled but is found to have a prolonged QT interval on routine EKG?

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What is your approach to diagnosis and evaluation of nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (Libman-Sacks)?

Patient with negative blood cultures, completed 6 weeks of IV antibiotics and vegetation persists. CT imaging without evidence of malignancy. No evide...

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Would you consider using DOACs in a young patient with SLE and Libman-Sacks endocarditis, who is negative for APS?

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When is it necessary to monitor the QTc interval in patients on hydroxychloroquine?

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Do you continue hydroxychloroquine in lupus patients who develop cardiomyopathy?

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Papers discussed in this category

Int J Clin Pract, 2021 Mar 24

Effect of COVID-19 medications on corrected QT interval and induction of torsade de pointes: Results of a multicenter national survey.

Mod Rheumatol, 2021 Feb 09

QTc interval prolongation in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus treated with hydroxychloroquine.

Heart Rhythm, 2020 Jun 28

Effects of hydroxychloroquine treatment on QT interval.

Lupus, 2018 Oct 05

Resolution of large aortic valve vegetations in antiphospholipid syndrome treated with therapeutic anticoagulation: a report of two cases and literature review.

Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.), 2021 Oct 26

American College of Rheumatology White Paper on Antimalarial Cardiac Toxicity.

Archives of medical sciences. Atherosclerotic diseases, 2023 Aug 17

Hydroxychloroquine, QTc prolongation and risk of torsades de pointes.

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