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  failure Left ventricular hypertrophy Hypothermia Subarachnoid hemorrhage Hypothyroidism Diagnosis The ECG tracing in torsades demonstrates a polymorphic ventricular tachycardia with a characteristic illusion of a twisting of the QRS complex around the [ipfs.io]

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Long-term treatment is required for patients with a congenital long QT-interval syndrome. Treatment choices include beta-blockers, permanent pacing, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), or a combination. [merckmanuals.com]

Isoproterenol as temporary treatment in patients with recurrent pause-dependent TdP who do not have congenital long QT syndrome. [en.ecgpedia.org]

The efficacy of treatment with class I,I,I antiarrhythmic drugs was not apparent but verapamil had an excellent therapeutic effect for it. [link.springer.com]

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October 2013: Intensive Care Medicine # 11 Giulio Conte, Lucia Coppini, Maria Antonietta Demola, Diego Ardissino Short-coupled variant of torsade de pointes (TdP) is an uncommon variant of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia with unknown etiology. [readbyqxmd.com]

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Overdrive ventricular pacing could not prevent malignant TdP, but exposed a pause-related TdP initiation pattern. [yumpu.com]

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Zipes DP et al. (2006) ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 Guidelines for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force and the European [nature.com]