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Torsades de Pointes [PDF]

Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine, 2018
History of present illness: 70-year-old male with a history ventricular arrhythmia, AICD (automated implantable cardioverter defibrillator), coronary artery disease and cardiac stents presented to the Emergency Department after three AICD discharges ...
Richard J Chen, MD, Grant Wei, MD, Chirag Shah, MD   +2 more
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Torsades de pointes in the PACU after outpatient endoscopy: a case report [PDF]

BMC Anesthesiology, 2021
Background This case demonstrates the severe electrolyte derangements that may present after a common therapy such as a bowel preparation for an outpatient procedure and the rare yet potential detrimental outcomes of those abnormalities.
Andrew Schaar, Mark Liu, Michael Patzkowski   +2 more
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Torsades de Pointes due to Excessive Marijuana Use in a Susceptible Patient [PDF]

Case Reports in Cardiology, 2021
There are several recent reports of tetrahydrocannabinol vaping-related sudden cardiac arrest, and the mechanisms are unclear. We report a unique case of a 19-year-old female who suffered documented prolonged QTc leading to Torsades de pointes and ...
Vivek D. Shah, Adeba Mohammad, Shuktika Nandkeolyar, Liset Stoletniy, Tahmeed Contractor   +4 more
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Class III Antiarrhythmics and Periprocedural Torsades de Pointes [PDF]

JACC: Case Reports, 2023
This case series describes 2 women on prolonged therapy with class III antiarrhythmics who developed torsades de pointes polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in the setting of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation as a result of QTc prolonging factors.
Cristina M. Font, MD, Cao T. Tran, MD, PhD   +1 more
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Clomipramine potentially induced fatal torsades de pointes in a patient with acute decompensated heart failure: a case report [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychiatry
BackgroundWhile clomipramine is generally considered lower risk for QT prolongation among tricyclic antidepressants, its potential to induce torsades de pointes (TdP) remains poorly characterized, particularly in patients with multiple risk factors.Case ...
Rong-Hua Wang, Yu-Liang Lu, Jia-Hui Lu
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Bigeminy with Prolonged QT Interval as an Ominous Sign for Impending Torsades de Pointes: A Case Report [PDF]

Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine
Introduction: Ventricular ectopic beats and corrected QT interval (QTc) prolongation are both relatively common entities that are typically benign. It is difficult to predict subsequent dysrhythmias from either electrocardiogram (ECG) feature.
Thuc Vu, Jake Valentine
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Mechanisms of torsades de pointes: an update [PDF]

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Torsades de Pointes (TdP) refers to a polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT) with undulating QRS axis that occurs in long QT syndrome (LQTS), although the term has been used to describe polymorphic ventricular tachyarrhythmias in which QT intervals are
Yukiomi Tsuji, Masatoshi Yamazaki, Masafumi Shimojo, Satoshi Yanagisawa, Yasuya Inden, Toyoaki Murohara   +5 more
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Complete Heart Block Induced Torsades de Pointes. [PDF]

Cureus
Szumowski BA, Beshay-Taylor YM, Sadek R, Attia N.   +3 more
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Torsades de pointes due to oral sitafloxacin [PDF]

Acute Medicine & Surgery, 2023
Yugo Wakayama, Satoshi Yoshimura, Katsuyuki Hanabusa, Nobuhiro Ikeda, Nobuhiro Miyamae, Yasuyuki Sumida   +5 more
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A rare case of myotonic dystrophy type 1 presenting with Torsades de pointes

IHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports, 2023
Myotonic Dystrophy (DM) is the most common form of muscular dystrophy with onset in adults. Cardiac manifestations are common in DM, but ventricular arrhythmias are uncommon and torsades de pointes is rarely described.
Amit Handa, Rinki Kakkar
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