PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - P T Munro
AU  - C A Graham
TI  - Torsade de pointes
AID  - 10.1136/emj.19.5.485
DP  - 2002 Sep 01
TA  - Emergency Medicine Journal
PG  - 485--486
VI  - 19
IP  - 5
4099  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/19/5/485.short
4100  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/19/5/485.full
SO  - Emerg Med J2002 Sep 01; 19
AB  - A case is described of torsade de pointes in a 41 year old woman with pre-existing QTc prolongation, potentially exacerbated by treatment with sotalol. Previous cardiac investigations had been normal and after a second episode of ventricular fibrillation the patient was referred for electrophysiological studies. The authors review the physiology, causes, and treatment of QTc prolongation and torsade de pointes.