"Torsades de Pointes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A malignant form of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia that is characterized by HEART RATE between 200 and 250 beats per minute, and QRS complexes with changing amplitude and twisting of the points. The term also describes the syndrome of tachycardia with prolonged ventricular repolarization, long QT intervals exceeding 500 milliseconds or BRADYCARDIA. Torsades de pointes may be self-limited or may progress to VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION.
| Descriptor ID |
D016171
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C14.280.067.845.940.700 C14.280.123.875.940.700 C23.550.073.845.940.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Torsades de Pointes- Torsades de Pointes
- Pointes, Torsades de
- de Pointes, Torsades
- Torsade de Pointes
- Pointes, Torsade de
- de Pointes, Torsade
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Torsades de Pointes" by people in Profiles.
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Severe Torsades de Pointes with acquired QT prolongation. Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2019 Dec; 8(8):775-776.
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Genome wide analysis of drug-induced torsades de pointes: lack of common variants with large effect sizes. PLoS One. 2013; 8(11):e78511.
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Perioperative torsade de pointes: a systematic review of published case reports. Anesth Analg. 2013 Sep; 117(3):559-564.
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Postoperative QT interval prolongation in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery under general anesthesia. Anesthesiology. 2012 Aug; 117(2):321-8.
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Torsades: adjacent and triggering electrocardiographic events. J Electrocardiol. 2010 Nov-Dec; 43(6):515-23.
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Torsades de pointes in a child. Pediatr Cardiol. 2009 May; 30(4):553-4.
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Adrenal adenoma presenting with torsade de pointes--a case report. Angiology. 2002 Jul-Aug; 53(4):471-4.
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Assessing cardiovascular risks versus clinical benefits of atypical antipsychotic drug treatment. J Clin Psychiatry. 2002; 63 Suppl 9:25-9.
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Terfenadine increases the QT interval in isolated guinea pig heart. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 1995 Jan; 25(1):30-4.
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Torsade de pointes complicating acute myocardial infarction: the importance of autonomic dysfunction as assessed by heart rate variability. Clin Cardiol. 1992 Oct; 15(10):769-72.