A Case of QT Prolongation and Torsades de Pointes Caused by Ibogaine Toxicity. 2016

Catherine Hildyard, and Philip Macklin, and Bernard Prendergast, and Yaver Bashir
Core Medical Trainee, Oxford Deanery, Oxford, United Kingdom.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007050 Ibogaine One of several indole alkaloids extracted from Tabernanthe iboga, Baill. It has a complex pharmacological profile, and interacts with multiple systems of neurotransmission. Ibogaine has psychoactive properties and appears to modulate tolerance to opiates. 12-Methoxyibogamine,Endabuse,NIH-10567,12 Methoxyibogamine,NIH 10567,NIH10567
D008297 Male Males
D004562 Electrocardiography Recording of the moment-to-moment electromotive forces of the HEART as projected onto various sites on the body's surface, delineated as a scalar function of time. The recording is monitored by a tracing on slow moving chart paper or by observing it on a cardioscope, which is a CATHODE RAY TUBE DISPLAY. 12-Lead ECG,12-Lead EKG,12-Lead Electrocardiography,Cardiography,ECG,EKG,Electrocardiogram,Electrocardiograph,12 Lead ECG,12 Lead EKG,12 Lead Electrocardiography,12-Lead ECGs,12-Lead EKGs,12-Lead Electrocardiographies,Cardiographies,ECG, 12-Lead,EKG, 12-Lead,Electrocardiograms,Electrocardiographies, 12-Lead,Electrocardiographs,Electrocardiography, 12-Lead
D006556 Heroin Dependence Strong dependence or addiction, both physiological and emotional, upon HEROIN. Heroin Abuse,Heroin Addiction,Heroin Smoking,Abuse, Heroin,Addiction, Heroin,Dependence, Heroin,Heroin Smokings,Smoking, Heroin
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D012651 Self Medication The self administration of medication not prescribed by a physician or in a manner not directed by a physician. Medication, Self,Medications, Self,Self Medications
D016171 Torsades de Pointes A malignant form of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia that is characterized by HEART RATE between 200 and 250 beats per minute, and QRS complexes with changing amplitude and twisting of the points. The term also describes the syndrome of tachycardia with prolonged ventricular repolarization, long QT intervals exceeding 500 milliseconds or BRADYCARDIA. Torsades de pointes may be self-limited or may progress to VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION. Torsade de Pointes,Pointes, Torsade de,Pointes, Torsades de,de Pointes, Torsade,de Pointes, Torsades
D018691 Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists Drugs that bind to but do not activate excitatory amino acid receptors, thereby blocking the actions of agonists. Amino Acids, Excitatory, Antagonists,Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonist,Glutamate Antagonist,Glutamate Antagonists,Glutamate Receptor Antagonist,Amino Acid Antagonists, Excitatory,Antagonists, Excitatory Amino Acid,EAA Antagonists,Glutamate Receptor Antagonists,Antagonist, Glutamate,Antagonist, Glutamate Receptor,Antagonists, EAA,Antagonists, Glutamate,Antagonists, Glutamate Receptor,Receptor Antagonist, Glutamate,Receptor Antagonists, Glutamate

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