Torsades de pointes is a type of atypical heart rhythm. It occurs when the lower chambers of the heart beat faster than the upper chambers. Treatment options may include supplements or medications.

Torsades de pointes (French for “twisting of the points”) is one of several types of life-threatening heart rhythm disturbances. In the case of torsades de pointes (TdP), the heart’s two lower ...

February 9, 2010 (Dallas, Texas and Washington, DC) — Many common, useful drugs have the side effect of electrocardiographic QT-interval prolongation, which substantially increases the risk of sudden ...

Up to 50 percent of patients with cancer seek help in the form of alternative medicine. 1 Such therapies may include cesium chloride, a blocker of the inward-rectifying potassium channel that is used ...

Michael “5000” Watts, the Houston hip-hop icon and founder of the influential rap collective Swishahouse, has died at the age of 52, his family confirmed. “It is with profound sadness and heartbreak ...