Evaluation and management of patients with polymorphic ventricular tachycardia
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Evaluation and management of patients with polymorphic ventricular tachycardia
Abstract
This article reviews the current understanding of the mechanisms for polymorphic VT, its clinical manifestation, and therapies. The various idiopathic long QT syndromes and acquired forms of this entity are addressed, and a new syndrome of polymorphic VT associated with a normal heart and normal QT interval is emphasized.