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  • Title: Torsade de pointes and prolonged QT interval from surreptitious use of sotalol: use of drug levels in diagnosis.
    Author: Link MS, Foote CB, Sloan SB, Homoud MK, Wang PJ, Estes NA.
    Journal: Chest; 1997 Aug; 112(2):556-7. PubMed ID: 9266902.
    Abstract:
    Torsade de pointes is a well-established toxic effect of sotalol hydrochloride. In a patient presenting with torsade de pointes and a long QTc interval of unknown cause, a serum sotalol level was used to secure an otherwise difficult diagnosis.
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