Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2935276 | International Journal of Cardiology | 2007 | 4 Pages |
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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Authors
Tomas Raviña, Javier Gutierrez, Paula Raviña,