Massive Discordant T-Wave Alternans and Imminent Torsades de Pointes: The "Elephant in the Room"

MeSH terms

• Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / therapeutic use
• Chest Pain / diagnosis
• Chest Pain / etiology
• Cocaine-Related Disorders* / diagnosis
• Cocaine-Related Disorders* / therapy
• Electrocardiography / methods*
• Female
• Humans
• Lidocaine / administration & dosage*
• Long QT Syndrome* / diagnosis
• Long QT Syndrome* / drug therapy
• Magnesium Sulfate / administration & dosage
• Medication Adherence*
• Middle Aged
• Nadolol / therapeutic use*
• Syncope / diagnosis
• Syncope / etiology
• Torsades de Pointes* / diagnosis
• Torsades de Pointes* / drug therapy
• Torsades de Pointes* / physiopathology
• Torsades de Pointes* / prevention & control
• Treatment Outcome