RhythmDockRHYTHM GUIDES / LEAD II
Torsades de Pointes · Teaching Pattern
A simplified twisting polymorphic VT run. Torsades requires a prolonged QT in the preceding rhythm; that preceding QT is not shown here. This pattern alone cannot establish the diagnosis.
Programmatically generated teaching example. Morphology and supporting values are simplified.
- Typical rate
- Often 200–250 bpm
- Regularity
- Rapid, varying complexes
- P waves
- No consistent P waves during the run
- PR interval
- Not measurable during the run
- QRS
- Wide; changing polarity and amplitude
Sources and review status
This guide uses RhythmDock’s centralized educational definitions. See reference sources and limitations. Published September 13, 2026. Independent medical review is pending; this is not a clinical interpretation tool.