t wave alternance

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hi, is there anybody can tell me something about T wave alternance? or where can i found some informations about it?

thanks..

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I know you want to check your lytes closely with T wave alterations, definately K+ and magnesium, these are the usual culprits for T wave abnormalities, I did a quick search and found a few good site you could search

Merck Manual is a searchable site, here is the link for arrhythmias.

http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/section16/chapter205/205a.jsp

here is another with lots of info

http://heartdisease.about.com/

good luck

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hi, is there anybody can tell me something about T wave alternance? or where can i found some informations about it?

thanks..

Try this gre :) at website: http://www.icufaqs.org

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Try this gre :) at website: http://www.icufaqs.org

Nice site, thanks

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thanks a lot to everybody for your help.

is there anybody that know T WAVE ALTERNANCE as diagnostic test?

bye

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T wave alternans (TWA) is described as a highly specific morphologic EKG finding and is associated with increased mortality in CHF patients. It also may ID those most likely to beneifit from an implanted defib. A growing number of studies has demonstrated that TWA is a predictor of ventricular arrhythmias.

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thank you very much!

and do you know any site talking about it?

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