Numerous drugs have been implicated in causing a prolonged QT interval and Torsades de pointes. However, the association of famotidine and acquired long QT syndrome has rarely been reported. We report 2 cases of famotidine-associated acquired long QT syndrome.
Division of Cardiology, Cardiac Electrophysiology Section, University of California at San Francisco, 500 Parnassus Avenue, MU East 4, Box 1354, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. klee@medicine.ucsf.edu