American Heart Association
American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Scientific Statement: Hospitals Should Be Aware of Rare, Life-Threatening Heart Rhythm
Published in Blood Weekly, February 25th, 2010
The statement, published online in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association and Journal of the American College of Cardiology, is endorsed by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.
The rhythm disturbance, called Torsade de Pointes (TdP), has a characteristic electrocardiogram (ECG) pattern described as a "twisting" of points on the read-out. The...
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