title: Torsade de pointes. An unusual form of ventricular tachycardia.
abstract: A 65-year-old man with hypertension and glaucoma developed diuretic-induced hypokalaemia complicated by torsade de pointes ventricular tachycardia. This arrhythmia requires accurate recognition so that appropriate therapy may be administered. When torsade de pointes is diagnosed, a careful search for underlying causes should be conducted as reversal of these may prove curative, as in this case.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Didier
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Denbow
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents