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Torsade de pointes and T-wave alternans in a patient with brainstem hemorrhage
1Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei.
International Journal of Cardiology
|September 1, 1995
Abstract:
Torsade de pointes, a form of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia associated with QT prolongation, is rarely reported in intracranial hemorrhage. T-wave alternans is recently considered a risk marker for ventricular arrhythmias. To our knowledge, we report the first case of brainstem hemorrhage in which the patient presented with torsade de pointes and T-wave alternans. The implication of this association is discussed.