torsade de pointesn.
/tɔːˌsad də ˈpwant/ Pathology.
A form of tachycardia characterized by the gradually oscillating amplitude of the ventricular electrical pulse, resulting in an electrocardiogram which resembles a twisted fringe of spikes; originally used to denote this observed symptom (first described by F. Dessertenne 1966, in Arch. des Maladies du Coeur et des Vaisseaux 59 263).
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1967 Semaine des Hôpitaux de Paris 14 Feb. 541/2 The ‘spindles’ of ventricular fibrillation in the ‘torsades de pointes’ attacks, are chiefly found during complete auriculo-ventricular block accidents.
1976 Brit. Heart Jrnl. 38 119 Torsade de pointes can..be seen to constitute a definable arrhythmia with important aetiological, pathogenetic, diagnostic, and therapeutic features... It requires urgent treatment quite different from that of classical ventricular tachycardia.
1985 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 June 1784/2 We report a case of sustained torsade de pointes induced by sotalol that necessitated cardioversion.
1987 D. J. Weatherall et al. Oxf. Textbk. Med. (ed. 2) II. xiii. 135/1 There are a few reports of the drug [amiodarone] causing torsade de pointes tachycardia.
1988 J. Gleick Chaos (U.K. ed.) 281 There are ectopic beats, electrical alternans, and torsades de pointes.
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