
Long-term torsade risk rises with dofetilide - Medscape
Mar 14, 2001 · A study comparing the incidence of drug-related <i>torsade de pointes</i> in patients receiving dofetilide or placebo indicates that pause-dependent polymorphic ventricular tachycardia …
Antitachycardia Pacing for Ventricular Tachycardia - Page 7
As reviewed earlier, termination of reentrant tachycardia requires critical timing of the pacing stimulus. Success or failure of the pacing stimulus to interact with and terminate tachycardia, is ...
ECG Findings Associated With Cocaine Use in Humans - Page 4
Shortly afterward, the monomorphic ventricular tachycardia degenerates into (C) polymorphic ventricular tachycardia and finally into (D) ventricular fibrillation.
ECG Challenge: Teen With His First Seizure - Page 2 - Medscape
Nov 6, 2019 · This arrhythmia is polymorphic ventricular tachycardia that is nonsustained. The arrhythmia terminates abruptly, and a narrow QRS complex is preceded by a P wave (+).
Managing Arrhythmias in Pregnancy: The State of the Art
Sep 26, 2023 · The guidelines provide detailed recommendations for multiple types of arrhythmias, such as supraventricular tachycardia, ventricular tachycardia, and atrial fibrillation, and the guidelines ...
Ablation Surpassing Medication for Ventricular Tachycardia
Apr 25, 2025 · Often seen as an option of last resort for ventricular tachycardia, new research suggests catheter ablation could have a place as first-line treatment.
New Guidance for In-Hospital Torsades De Pointes - Medscape
Feb 9, 2010 · Other ECG features can signal impending torsades, including distortions of the T-U wave, visible T-wave alternans, new ventricular ectopic beats, and "couplets and nonsustained polymorphic ...
Challenges of Diagnosis of Long-QT Syndrome in Children
Polymorphic ventricular extrasystolies and episodes of polymorphic non-sustained ventricular tachycardia were confirmed by Holter ECG monitoring.
'Inappropriate' ICD Shocks Exonerated in Mortality Increase
May 9, 2011 · Aside from those inappropriate shocks, there were appropriate shocks for sustained monomorphic VT in 36%, polymorphic VT in 16%, both monomorphic and polymorphic VT in 7%, …
Most ICD Athletes Can Play Sports Without Cardiac Risks
Apr 3, 2014 · For Cannom, catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT), an arrhythmia that is most prevalent when an individual is under physical or emotional stress, and …