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A patient with "atrial torsades de pointes".
Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology - 1 Jul 2000
Kirchhof P, Eckardt L, Mönnig G, Johna R, Loh P, Schulze-Bahr E, Breithardt G, Borggrefe M, Haverkamp W
Abstract excerpt
A patient with long QT syndrome and a history of palpitations underwent electrophysiologic study. Runs of polymorphic self-terminating atrial tachyarrhythmias were easily induced and occurred spontaneously several times. Atrial monophasic action potential (MAP) durations were prolonged at short pacing cycle lengths. Premature high right atrial extrastimuli prolonged MAP durations in the low right atrium,...
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