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The term "torsade de pointes" was first described by Dessertenne in 1966, based on the characteristic "twisting" pattern seen on [[EKG]]. | |||
==Historical Perspective== | ==Historical Perspective== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
The term "torsade de pointes" was first described by Dessertenne in 1966, based on the characteristic "twisting" pattern seen on EKG.
Historical Perspective
- It was first described by Dessertenne in 1966[1] and refers to a specific variety of ventricular tachycardia that exhibits distinct characteristics on the electrocardiogram (ECG).
- The French term is largely due to the fact that the phenomenon was originally described in a French medical journal by Dessertenne in 1966, when he observed this rhythm disorder in an 80-year-old female patient with complete intermittent atrioventricular block.
- There has been much debate in the Circulation journal among French and American scientist whether one should write Torsades de Pointes or Torsade de Pointes.
- As for now Torsade is prefered (unless one sees rotations around more than one axis in one episode), but both forms are used in similar frequency.[2]