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‖ torsade de pointes, n. phr. Path.|tɔrsad də pwɛ̃t|
[Fr.: see torsade n.]
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; orig. used to denote this observed symptom (first described by F. Dessertenne 1966, in Arch. des Maladies du Coeur et des Vaisseaux LIX. 263).
1967Semaine 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. 1976Brit. Heart Jrnl. XXXVIII. 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. 1985Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 June 1784/2 We report a case of sustained torsade de pointes induced by sotalol that necessitated cardioversion. 1987Oxf. Textbk. Med. (ed. 2) II. xiii. 135/1 There are a few reports of the drug [amiodarone] causing torsade de pointes tachycardia. 1988J. Gleick Chaos 281 There are ectopic beats, electrical alternans, and torsades de pointes. |