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Shown below is an example of an ECG showing 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> | Shown below is an example of an ECG showing 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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Shown below is an example of an ECG showing 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> | Shown below is an example of an ECG showing 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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Shown below is an example of an ECG showing 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> | Shown below is an example of an ECG showing 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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The ECG below is the characteristic tracing showing the "twisting" (blue line) of Torsade de pointes | The ECG below is the characteristic tracing showing the "twisting" (blue line) of Torsade de pointes | ||
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Copyleft image obtained courtesy of Dr. C. Michael Gibson, MD. | Copyleft image obtained courtesy of Dr. C. Michael Gibson, MD. | ||
Revision as of 16:16, 23 October 2012
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
EKG Examples
Shown below is an example of an ECG depicting wide QRS complexes in a twisted manner suggesting torsades de pointes.
Copyleft image obtained courtesy of ECGpedia, http://en.ecgpedia.org
Shown below is an example of an ECG showing an upper tracing with wide QRS complexes in a twisted manner indicating torsades de pointes and a lower tracing showing ventricular fibrillation.
Copyleft image obtained courtesy of ECGpedia, http://en.ecgpedia.org
Copyleft image obtained courtesy of ECGpedia, http://en.ecgpedia.org
Copyleft image obtained courtesy of ECGpedia, http://en.ecgpedia.org
Shown below is an example of an ECG showing arrhythmias in a patient with short coupled torsade de pointes[1]
Copyleft image obtained courtesy of ECGpedia, http://en.ecgpedia.org
Shown below is an example of an ECG showing arrhythmias in a patient with short coupled torsades de pointes degenerating in ventricular fibrillation[1]
Copyleft image obtained courtesy of ECGpedia, http://en.ecgpedia.org
Shown below is an example of an ECG showing arrhythmias in a patient with short coupled torsade de pointes: frequent short coupled extrasystoles[1]
Copyleft image obtained courtesy of ECGpedia, http://en.ecgpedia.org
Shown below is an example of an ECG showing arrhythmias in a patient with short coupled torsade de pointes: frequent short coupled extrasystoles [1]
Copyleft image obtained courtesy of ECGpedia, http://en.ecgpedia.org
Shown below is an example of an ECG showing torsades de pointes[2]
Copyleft image obtained courtesy of ECGpedia, http://en.ecgpedia.org
The ECG below is the characteristic tracing showing the "twisting" (blue line) of Torsade de pointes
Copyleft image obtained courtesy of Dr. C. Michael Gibson, MD.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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
- ↑ Khan IA. Twelve-lead electrocardiogram of torsade de pointes Tex Heart Inst J. 2001; 28 (1): 69. PMID 11330748