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Article bibliographies and conference abstracts were also reviewed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Data Synthesis:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Several case reports, as well as in vitro data, have implicated PIs as a potential cause of QT interval prolongation and\/or torsade de pointes. Saquinavir, therapeutically boosted with the potent CYP3A4 inhibitor ritonavir, was the only PI shown to be associated with significant QT interval prolongation in studies with healthy volunteers. While 1 case control study in HIV-infected patients found that nelfinavir or efavirenz, a nonnucleoslde reverse transcriptase inhibitor, increased the risk of QT interval prolongation, larger prospective studies have not demonstrated any significant increase in QT interval following exposure to PIs. Similar risk factors for QT interval prolongation seen in non-HIV-infected patients, such as older age, female sex, ethnicity, cardiac conditions, diabetes mellitus, and concomitant use of other QT interval-prolonging medications, especially methadone, were risk factors identified in studies of HIV-infected patients.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>PIs do not appear to independently predispose patients to QT interval prolongation. However, other risk factors (both HIV-related and non-HIV-related) may increase the risk of QT interval prolongation. Available data suggest that baseline and follow-up electrocardiogram monitoring are unnecessary precautions, but may be considered in patients who are initiating PI therapy and are on multiple medications with proarrhythmic potential and\/or have multiple comorbidities, increasing the risk.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1345\/aph.1q422","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,12,1]],"date-time":"2011-12-01T10:16:47Z","timestamp":1322734607000},"page":"1544-1550","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":32,"title":["Protease Inhibitor\u2013Associated QT Interval Prolongation"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"45","author":[{"given":"Kimberley","family":"Hunt","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Christine A","family":"Hughes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta; Clinical Pharmacotherapy Practitioner, HIV, Northern Alberta HIV Program & Regional Pharmacy Services, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Cara","family":"Hills-Nieminen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Northern Alberta HIV Program & Regional Pharmacy Services, Alberta Health Services"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2011,11,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-aph.1Q422","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.300.1.51"},{"key":"bibr2-aph.1Q422","unstructured":"Department of Health and Human Services. 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