Polymorphic VT and Torsades de Pointes (TdP)
A review of the ECG features of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT) and torsades de pointes (TdP) with ECG examples
Tag torsades de pointes
François Dessertenne
Biography Born in 1917 1948 – Assistant Professor of Medicine, Hôpital Lariboisière, France. Assistant to Prof Yves Bouvrain (1910-2002) Died in 2006 Medical Eponyms Torsades de pointes (1966) 1965 – Dessertenne et al demonstrated that the progressive variations of amplitude…
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