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- noun Plural form of
torsade . - noun Abbreviation of
torsades de pointes .
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Prolongation of the QT interval can lead to an abnormal heart rhythm known as torsades de pointes, which can cause lightheadedness or fainting and, in some cases, life-threatening ventricular fibrillation.
SFGate: Top News Stories Andrew Zajac 2010
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In some cases, the condition, known as torsades de pointes, can lead to a life-threatening irregular heart beat called ventricular fibrillation, the FDA said.
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In some cases, the condition, known as torsades de pointes, can lead to a life-threatening irregular heart beat called ventricular fibrillation, the FDA said.
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In some cases, the condition, known as torsades de pointes, can lead to a life-threatening irregular heart beat called ventricular fibrillation, the FDA said.
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Using the drugs together could lead to fainting and cause an abnormal heart rhythm known as torsades de pointes, the FDA said.
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In the United Kingdom drug most notably a rare and sometimes fatal form of regulation began with the Committee on Safety of ventricular tachycardia known as torsades de Drugs which was chaired by Sir Derrick Dunlop. pointes.
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Beauff******, who, though very young, had a gray head and a pretty and witty wife, whose very low-necked toilettes of scarlet velvet with gold torsades alarmed these shadows, the Marquis de
Les Miserables 2008
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- May induce arrhythmias: prolongation of QT interval and severe, eventually fatal, ventricular arrhythmias ( "torsades de pointes").
Chapter 4 1993
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- Do not associate with drugs predisposing to the occurrence of "torsades de pointes": antiarrhythmic drugs (quinidine, disopyramide, sotalol), drugs inducing hypokaliemia
Chapter 4 1993
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_Caps_ intended for morning toilette are very novel in their form and appearance, the most favorite style being a little _coiffe Bretonne_, having _papillons_ of lace turned back, and _chutes_ of lilac and violet velvet; then, again, those the crown of which is formed of _torsades_ of ribbon, over which fall two rows of English lace, and having two half-wreaths of _vapeur_ ribbon encircling the back part.
The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 Various
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