[<< Torsade de pointe >> like EKG in a 88-year-old patient].
EKG may be difficult to perform in the elderly. Tremors may induce an EKG pattern suggestive of torsade de pointe. Unexpected good clinical tolerance and appropriate analysis of the EKG allow to correct the diagnosis.
Mahamdia
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Service du Dr-Baulon, hôpital Rossini, AP-HP, 29, rue Mirabeau, 75016 Paris, France. r.mahamdia@caramail.com
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Héritier
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Djédaïni
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D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016171:Torsades de Pointes / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014202:Tremor / Q000503:physiopathology