Torsades de Pointes on Chronic Methadone Use

authors:

avatar Leila Hosseini 1 , 2 , avatar Alireza Heidari-Bakavoli 3 , avatar Najmeh Shahini 4 , 5 , 6 , avatar Sara Mashhadinezhad 7 , avatar Sara Hosseini 7 , *

Cardiologist, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, IR Iran
Fellowship of Echocardiography, Shaheed Rajaei Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center(RCMRC), Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
Cardiovascular Department, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IR Iran
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Ibn-e-Sina Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IR Iran
Student Research Committee, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IR Iran
Golestan Psychiatry Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, IR Iran
Cardiologist, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IR Iran
International Journal of High Risk Behaviors and Addiction: Vol.7, issue 1; e67762
published online: March 6, 2018
article type: Letter
received: April 14, 2016
revised: August 31, 2016
accepted: March 15, 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5812/ijhrba.67762

how to cite: Hosseini L, Heidari-Bakavoli A, Shahini N, Mashhadinezhad S, Hosseini S. Torsades de Pointes on Chronic Methadone Use. Int J High Risk Behav Addict. 2018;7(1):e67762. https://doi.org/10.5812/ijhrba.67762.

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