"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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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Torsades de Pointes" by people in Profiles.
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A Calculated Risk: Evaluation of QTc Drug-Drug Interaction (DDI) Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Alerts and Performance of the Tisdale Risk Score Calculator. Drug Saf. 2024 Dec; 47(12):1235-1243.
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Prescription and Dispensation of QT-Prolonging Medications in Individuals Receiving Hemodialysis. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 04 01; 7(4):e248732.
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Use of QT Prolonging Medications by Hemodialysis Patients and Individuals Without End-Stage Kidney Disease. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 07 07; 9(13):e015969.
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Long QT Manifested as Giant and Inverted T Waves With a SCN5A Mutation. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2016 12; 27(12):1490-1491.
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Torsades de pointes and prolonged QT syndrome in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2012 Aug; 13(8):536-40.
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Levofloxacin-induced torsades de pointes. Tex Heart Inst J. 2010; 37(2):216-7.
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Calcium antagonist property of CPU228, a dofetilide derivative, contributes to its low incidence of torsades de pointes in rabbits. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol. 2007 Apr; 34(4):310-7.
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Oral methadone for cancer pain: no indication of Q-T interval prolongation or torsades de pointes. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2004 Oct; 28(4):301-3.
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Torsade de pointes ventricular tachycardia during, but not necessarily caused by, sevoflurane anesthesia. Anesth Analg. 1998 Oct; 87(4):981; author reply 981-2.