title: Parkinson's tremor mimicking torsades de pointes.
abstract: A 72-year-old woman with Parkinson's disease presented to outpatients with a history of falls. The falls were not associated with loss of consciousness, and the history suggested gait and balance problems leading to falls. A 12-lead electrocardiogram, as shown in Figure 1, had the appearance of torsades de pointes. However, the patient was cardiologically asymptomatic, and the electrocardiogram appearance was thought to be caused by a Parkinson's disease-associated artefact.
authors: Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Dorset. indunil.gunawardena@nhs.net
authors: Indunil
authors: I
authors: Gunawardena
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016171:Torsades de Pointes / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014202:Tremor / Q000503:physiopathology*