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Roles of Atrial Arrhythmias in Triggering Torsade de Pointes in Patients With Acquired Long QT Syndrome.
Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol
October 2024
Gifu University Hospital (N.T., S.E., R.T., A.Y., T.W., T.K., Y.Y., H.K., H.U., H.O.).
Background: Little is known about the role of atrial arrhythmias (AAs) in triggering Torsade de Pointes (TdP) in patients with long QT syndrome (LQTS). The aim of this study was to examine the contribution of AAs to the development of TdP in acquired LQTS patients.
Methods: The initiation patterns of 81 episodes of TdP obtained from 34 consecutive acute acquired LQTS patients (14 men, median age, 69 years; median QTc, 645.