WM SMITH, JJ GALLAGHER - Annals of Internal Medicine, 1980 - Am Coll Physicians Since the original description by Dessertenne, predominantly European literature has reported the
features of the unusual ventricular arrhythmia "les torsades de pointes." Named because of the way
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J Soffer, LS Dreifus, EL Michelson - The American journal of cardiology, 1982 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Polymorphous ventricular tachycardia may occur in the setting of either a normal or a prolonged QT
interval. Torsade de pointes is a form of polymorphous ventricular tachycardia in which the polarity
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- ►nih.gov [PDF] DM Krikler, PV Curry - British heart journal, 1976 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov When defining a 'new' arrhythmia it is reasonable electrocardiography or arrhythmias. If, however,
to suppose that it may indeed have been recognized we turn to the French literature for
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S Sclarovksy, B Strasberg, RF Lewin, J … - The American journal of …, 1979 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Thirty-four cases of ventricular tachyarrhythmia characterized by polymorphy of the QRS complexes
with changing RR intervals and a heart rate of 150 to 300 beats/min, termed polymorphous ventricular
tachycardia, are described. The ... Cited by 88 - Related articles
D Tzivoni, A Keren, S Stern - The American journal of cardiology, 1983 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 1: Am J Cardiol. 1983 Sep 1;52(5):639-40. Torsades de pointes versus polymorphous ventricular tachycardia.
Tzivoni D, Keren A, Stern S. Mesh Terms: Electrocardiography; Electrophysiology; Heart Ventricles; Humans;
Tachycardia/diagnosis*. PMID: 6613891 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE].
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[CITATION] La tachycardie ventriculaire á deux foyers oppoœes variable
GN Kay, VJ Plumb, JG Arciniegas, RW … - Journal of the …, 1983 - Am Coll Cardio Found The clinical setting, precipitating factors, electrocardiographic features and response to treatment
of 32 patients with torsade de pointes were reviewed. Thirty-one patients had underlying cardiac
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MM Khan, KR Logan, JM McComb, AA … - The American journal of …, 1981 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Eleven patients with acquired prolongation of the Q-Tc interval and recurrent ventricular
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[CITATION] Etiology, warning signs and therapy of torsade de pointes
