.@MayoClinic has already weighed in w this "critical guidance:"
👉Advising cardiac screening of those who take hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine:
👉Advising cardiac screening of those who take hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine:
The antimalarial drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, ... carry a known or possible risk of drug-induced ventricular arrhythmias & sudden cardiac death.
Prior to starting treatment with these medications, it is important to get a baseline ECG to be able to measure changes.
Prior to starting treatment with these medications, it is important to get a baseline ECG to be able to measure changes.
"Right now, it is the Wild West out there, ranging from doing no QTc surveillance whatsoever and just accepting this potential tragic side effect as part of 'friendly fire,' to having ECG technicians going into the room of a patient with COVID-19 daily, exposing them to ...
coronavirus and consuming personal protective equipment," says Dr. Ackerman.
