Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage [TAPVD]
A defect in which the pulmonary (lung) veins are connected to veins from the body (i.e. the SVC or IVC) or to the right atrium, instead of returning to the left atrium).
Cardiac
Tissue plasminogen activator [TPA]
A clot-dissolving medicine that is used to treat heart attack and stroke patients
Torsade de pointes [TdP]
Torsades de pointes is a distinctive polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in which the QRS amplitude varies and the QRS complexes appear to twist around the baseline. Torsades de pointes is associated with a prolonged QT interval, which may be congenital or acquired. Torsades de pointes is usually not sustained and terminates spontaneously but frequently recurs unless … Read more