Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
2935276 International Journal of Cardiology 2007 4 Pages PDF
Abstract

The Holter recording in an elderly female patient on Risperidone treatment who developed a longer than expected prolonged QT interval and associated Torsades de Pointes (TdP) at the onset of complete AV block is presented. The electrocardiographic manifestation of (likely) phase 2 early afterdepolarizations (EAD) as a trigger of TdP episodes; the TdP undulating or monomorphic morphologies as a counterpart of drifting or stationery scrolls, respectively, and the TdP final extinction leading to asystole and death are shown.

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