Link found between autoimmune diseases, medications, and a dangerous heartbeat condition

(SUNY Downstate Medical Center) Mohamed Boutjdir, Ph.D., professor of medicine, cell biology, and physiology and pharmacology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, has led a study with international collaborators identifying the mechanism by which patients with various autoimmune and connective tissue disorders may be at risk for life-threatening cardiac events if they take certain anti-histamine or anti-depressant medications. Dr. Boutjdir is also director of the Cardiac Research Program at VA New ...