Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Ventricular tachycardia after administration of sildenafil citrate: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Case report Ventricular tachycardia after administration of sildenafil citrate a case report Jeppe G Rasmussen 1 Egon Toft1 2 and Ole Frobert1 3 Address Department of Cardiology Center for Cardiovascular Research Aalborg Hospital Aarhus University Hospital Hobrovej 18-22 9000 Aalborg Denmark 2Department of Health Science and Technology Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction University of Aalborg Fredrik Bajers Vej 7 D3 9220 Aalborg Denmark and 3Department of Pharmacology University of Aarhus Bartholin Bygningen 8000 Aarhus Denmark Email Jeppe G Rasmussen -jgr1@ EgonToft-egt@ Ole Frobert - frobert@ Corresponding author Published 13 August 2007 Received 27 February 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2007 1 65 doi 1752-1947-1-65 Accepted 13 August 2007 This article is available from http content 1 1 65 2007 Rasmussen et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background It has not previously been reported that sildenafil citrate causes malignant arrhythmias in humans. Case presentation A 41-year-old man developed sustained ventricular tachycardia following sildenafil citrate administration. Conclusion It cannot be dismissed that this patient experienced ventricular tachycardia as an adverse effect of sildenafil citrate administration. Background Concerns about the safety of sildenafil citrate Viagra have previously been raised 1 . Other case reports and studies have described electrophysiological changes associated with ventricular arrhythmias following administration of sildenafil citrate 2-4 . We describe a case of a young man with no cardiac history or family history of heart disease or
