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Fig. 2

From: The long QT syndrome family of cardiac ion channelopathies: A HuGE review

Fig. 2

Arrhythmia onset in long QT syndrome. Three simultaneous (and distinct) ECG channel recordings in a patient with QT prolongation and runs of continuously varying polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (torsade de pointes [TdP]). TdP may resolve spontaneously or progress to ventricular fibrillation and cardiac arrest. Reproduced from Chiang C, Roden DM. J Am Coll Cardiol 2000,2 with permission of the American College of Cardiology Foundation. ©2000. All rights reserved.

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