Acute, symptomatic atrial fibrillation after sildenafil citrate therapy in a patient with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

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作者
Awan, GM [1 ]
Calderon, E [1 ]
Dawood, G [1 ]
Alpert, MA [1 ]
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[1] Univ Alabama, Coll Med, Dept Internal Med, Mobile, AL USA
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10.1097/00000441-200007000-00011
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
This case report describes a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who developed symptomatic atrial fibrillation on two occasions after ingesting sildenafil citrate (Viagra). Sildenafil citrate should be withheld or used with extreme caution in persons with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.
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