loading...| Preferred Name | torsades de pointes | |
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torsade de pointes torsades de pointes |
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| Definitions |
A malignant form of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia that is characterized by heart rate between 200 and 250 beats per minute, and qrs complexes with changing amplitude and twisting of the points. The term also describes the syndrome of tachycardia with prolonged ventricular repolarization, long qt intervals exceeding 500 milliseconds or bradycardia. Torsades de pointes may be self-limited or may progress to ventricular fibrillation. |
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http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_0005307 |
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SNOMEDCT:31722008 MedDRA:10044067 UMLS:C0040479 SCTID:31722008 MEDGEN:21214 MONDO:0005478 MeSH:D016171 MESH:D016171 HP:0001664 |
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| definition |
A malignant form of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia that is characterized by heart rate between 200 and 250 beats per minute, and qrs complexes with changing amplitude and twisting of the points. The term also describes the syndrome of tachycardia with prolonged ventricular repolarization, long qt intervals exceeding 500 milliseconds or bradycardia. Torsades de pointes may be self-limited or may progress to ventricular fibrillation. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/EFO_0005307 http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0040479 http://identifiers.org/mesh/D016171 |
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true |
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torsade de pointes torsades de pointes |
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EFO:0005307 |
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torsades de pointes |
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| notation |
EFO:0005307 |
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| preferred label |
torsades de pointes |
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torsades de pointes |
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| term editor |
Dani Welter |
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