title: ["T'orsade de pointe" and amiodarone (author's transl)].
abstract: A long Q-T interval syndrome is described, followed by "torsade de pointe" and by irriducible ventricular fibrillation that is ascribed to a badly conducted therapy with amiodarone, in a patient affected by mitral valve disease, microcitaemia and hemolitic intercurrent moderate jaundice.
mesh_terms: D000638:Amiodarone / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001572:Benzofurans / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications; D013575:Syncope / Q000139:chemically induced; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000139:chemically induced*; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000139:chemically induced*
chemical_list: D001572:Benzofurans; D000638:Amiodarone
vernacular_title: "Torsioni di punta" e amiodarone.