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Electrocardiographic effect of artemisinin-piperaquine, dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine, and artemether-lumefantrine treatment in falciparum malaria patients

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT), such as artemisinin-piperaquine (AP), dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP), and artemether-lumefantrine (AL), is the first-line treatment for malaria in many malaria-endemic areas. However, we lack a detailed evaluation of the cardiotox...

Effect of artemisinin-piperaquine treatment on the electrocardiogram of malaria patients

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Concern regarding the cardiotoxicity of antimalarials has been renewed because of their potential to cause QT/QTc interval prolongation related to torsade de pointes (TdP). Artemisinin-piperaquine (AP) is considered an effective artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) for mal...

Desinvestimento do medicamento artemeter para o tratamento de Malária Grave

CONTEXTO: A malária é uma doença parasitária infecciosa aguda causada por protozoários do gênero Plasmodium e representa um grave problema de saúde pública. No Brasil, há três espécies associadas à malária em seres humanos: P. falciparum, P. vivax e P. malariae. O demandante solicitou o desi...