Chloroquine or Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19: Is Cardiotoxicity a Concern?

J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 Jun 16;9(12):e016887. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.120.016887. Epub 2020 May 28.
No abstract available

Keywords: cardiotoxicity; drug therapy; long QT syndrome.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus*
  • COVID-19
  • Cardiotoxicity
  • Chloroquine / adverse effects*
  • Chloroquine / therapeutic use
  • Coronavirus Infections / drug therapy*
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Global Health
  • Heart Diseases / chemically induced*
  • Heart Diseases / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Hydroxychloroquine / adverse effects*
  • Hydroxychloroquine / therapeutic use
  • Incidence
  • Pandemics*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / drug therapy*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
  • SARS-CoV-2

Substances

  • Hydroxychloroquine
  • Chloroquine