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| {{CMG}}; '''Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief:''' {{CZ}} | | {{CMG}}; '''Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief:''' {{CZ}} |
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| | ==[[Torsades de pointes overview|Overview]]== |
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| | ==[[Torsades de pointes historical perspective|Historical Perspective]]== |
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| ===Clinical Correlation === | | ==[[Torsades de pointes pathophysiology|Pathophysiology]]== |
| # Drugs: [[quinidine]], [[PCA]], [[norpace]], [[amiodarone]], [[phenothiazines]], [[Tricyclic antidepressants]], [[pentamidine]].
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| #* with [[quinidine]] majority of the cases occur within one week of initiation, and with therapeutic levels
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| # Electrolyte imbalances: [[Hypokalemia]], [[hypomagnesemia]], [[hypocalcemia]]
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| # [[CAD]]
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| # [[MVP]]
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| # Variant [[angina]]
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| # [[Myocarditis]]
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| # [[Subarachnoid hemorrhage]]
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| # Congenital QT prolongation
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| # Liquid protein diets
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| # [[Hypothyroidism]]
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| #* because of bradycardia and a prolonged QT syndrome
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| # Organophosphate poisoning <ref>Chou's Electrocardiography in Clinical Practice Third Edition, pp. 398-409.</ref> <ref>Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:194 ISBN 1591032016</ref>
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| ==Other lab studies== | | ==[[Torsades de pointes causes|Causes]]== |
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| * Electrolytes levels to rule out [[hypokalemia]], [[hypomagnesemia]], and [[hypocalcemia]].
| | ==[[Torsades de pointes differential diagnosis|Differentiating Torsades de pointes from other Diseases]]== |
| * [[Cardiac enzymes]]
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| * [[Echocardiography]] to rule out structural heart disease
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| ==Additional Information== | | ==[[Torsades de pointes risk factors|Risk Factors]]== |
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| *[[Torsade de Pointes and Polymorphic VT]]
| | ==[[Torsades de pointes natural history, complications and prognosis|Natural History, Complications and Prognosis]]== |
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| ==Examples== | | ==Diagnosis== |
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| '''EKG's shown below are courtesy of [[C. Michael Gibson]] MS MD, and copylefted'''
| | [[Torsades de pointes history and symptoms|History and Symptoms]] | [[Torsades de pointes physical examination|Physical Examination]] | [[Torsades de pointes laboratory findings|Laboratory Findings]] | [[Torsades de pointes electrocardiogram|Electrocardiogram]] | [[Torsades de pointes ekg examples|EKG Examples]] | [[Torsades de pointes echocardiography|Echocardiography]] | [[Torsades de pointes other diagnostic studies|Other Diagnostic Studies]] |
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| | ==Treatment== |
| image:TdP.1.1.jpg|12 lead EKG at admission
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| | [[Torsades de pointes medical therapy|Medical Therapy]] | [[Torsades de pointes primary prevention|Primary Prevention]] | [[Torsades de pointes secondary prevention|Secondary Prevention]] | [[Torsades de pointes cost-effectiveness of therapy|Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy]] | [[Torsades de pointes future or investigational therapies|Future or Investigational Therapies]] |
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| '''Examples from different resources'''
| | ==Case Studies== |
| | [[Torsades de pointes case study one|Case #1]] |
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| | ==Related Chapters== |
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| image:shortcoupled_tdp1.jpg|Arrhythmias in a patient with short coupled torsade de pointes<ref name="Leenhardt"> Leenhardt A, Glaser E, Burguera M, Nuernberg M, Maison-Blanche P, and Coumel P. Short-coupled variant of torsade de pointes. A new electrocardiographic entity in the spectrum of idiopathic ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Circulation 1994 Jan; 89(1) 206-15. PMID 8281648 </ref>
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| image:shortcoupled_tdp2.jpg|Arrhythmias in a patient with short coupled torsades de pointes degenerating in [[ventricular fibrillation]]<ref name="Leenhardt"> Leenhardt A, Glaser E, Burguera M, Nuernberg M, Maison-Blanche P, and Coumel P. Short-coupled variant of torsade de pointes. A new electrocardiographic entity in the spectrum of idiopathic ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Circulation 1994 Jan; 89(1) 206-15. PMID 8281648 </ref>
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| | | *[[Torsade de Pointes and Polymorphic VT]] |
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| | *[[Long QT syndrome]] |
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| image:shortcoupled_tdp3.jpg|Arrhythmias in a patient with short coupled torsade de pointes: frequent short coupled extrasystoles<ref name="Leenhardt"> Leenhardt A, Glaser E, Burguera M, Nuernberg M, Maison-Blanche P, and Coumel P. Short-coupled variant of torsade de pointes. A new electrocardiographic entity in the spectrum of idiopathic ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Circulation 1994 Jan; 89(1) 206-15. PMID 8281648 </ref>
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| image:shortcoupled_tdp4.jpg|Arrhythmias in a patient with short coupled torsade de pointes: frequent short coupled extrasystoles <ref name="Leenhardt"> Leenhardt A, Glaser E, Burguera M, Nuernberg M, Maison-Blanche P, and Coumel P. Short-coupled variant of torsade de pointes. A new electrocardiographic entity in the spectrum of idiopathic ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Circulation 1994 Jan; 89(1) 206-15. PMID 8281648 </ref>
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| image:12leadTorsade.jpg|A 12 lead ECG recording example of TdP<ref>Khan IA. Twelve-lead electrocardiogram of torsade de pointes Tex Heart Inst J. 2001; 28 (1): 69. PMID 11330748 </ref>
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| [[Image:Tosadesdepointes.jpg|center|thumb|300px|Characteristic tracing showing the "twisting" (blue line) of Torsade de pointes]]
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