torsades de pointes

短语

发音

/tɔː(ɹ)ˈsɑːd də ˈpwænt/

别名

TdP torsades torsade de pointes torsade de pointe torsades de pointe torsades des pointes torsade des pointes

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, predisposing to sudden cardiac death and more likely to occur during prolongations of the QT interval.

    不可数 医学

词源

From French torsader (“to twist”), de (“of”), and pointe (“a(n ECG) spike”), from the characteristic/classic appearance of the associated electrocardiogram image of a turning of the QRS complex's orientation around the isoelectric baseline (namely peaks which are at first f.e. pointing up are progressively seen to be diminishing in height and then pointing further and further down for subsequent heartbeats); term coined by the French physician François Dessertenne in 1966.

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