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Descriptor
English
:
Cardiotoxins
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Cardiotoxinas
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Cardiotoxinas
Synonyms
English
:
Agents, Cardiotoxic
Cardiotoxic Agents
Tree Number:
D27.888.569.142
Definition
English
:
Agents that have a damaging effect on the HEART. Such damage can occur from
ALKYLATING AGENTS
;
FREE RADICALS
; or metabolites from
OXIDATIVE STRESS
and in some cases is countered by
CARDIOTONIC AGENTS
. Induction of
LONG QT SYNDROME
or
TORSADES DE POINTES
has been the reason for viewing some drugs as
cardiotoxins.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
do not confuse with
CARDIOTONIC AGENTS
History Note
English
:
2008
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
AD
administration & dosage
AE
adverse effects
AG
agonists
AN
analysis
AI
antagonists & inhibitors
BI
biosynthesis
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CS
chemical synthesis
CH
chemistry
CL
classification
DF
deficiency
EC
economics
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
IP
isolation & purification
ME
metabolism
PK
pharmacokinetics
PD
pharmacology
PH
physiology
PO
poisoning
RE
radiation effects
ST
standards
SD
supply & distribution
TU
therapeutic use
TO
toxicity
UR
urine
Record Number:
52850
Unique Identifier:
D054715
Occurrence in VHL
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