Chloroquine-induced torsades de pointes in a patient with coronavirus disease 2019.

Heart Rhythm

Department of Cardiology, Sourasky Tel Aviv Medical Center and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Published: September 2020

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