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• In patients with SAH, careful ECG monitoring is needed to detect critical cardiac arrhythmias as soon as possible, and avoidance of drugs that prolong ventricular repolarization (quinidine, procainamide, and disopyramide) is mandatory, especially in female SAH patients
The White House immediately responded, says the Post by accusing congressional Republicans of trying to prolong the Lewinsky matter so as to maximize gains in the November elections.
They adopted Egyptian gods as their own and did much to prolong Egyptian culture rather than simply converting it to Greek.
In his standup and Tonight Show work, Albert demonstrated how you could delay the laugh, really prolong the suspense, and get a much better laugh at the end.
This is bad, explain the papers, because it could prolong the Asian slowdown by making exports from neighboring countries and the U.S. more expensive.