The Practical Skeptic: Readings in Sociology Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages; 5 edition (June 8, 2010) Language: English Pages: 416 ISBN: 978-0073404431 Size: 24.7 MB Format: PDF / ePub / Kindle The Practical Skeptic: Readings in Sociology includes classic sociological research writings as well as recent pieces on fascinating topics
Full Definition of POINTE. : a ballet position in which the body is balanced on the extreme tip of the toe.
Video transcript. - [Voiceover] Torsades de pointes is type of ventricular tachycardia, or V-tach. Specifically, it's a polymorphic ventricular tachycardia. The polymorphic V-tach in torsades always follows long QT intervals. In torsades you have a long QT that's followed by a polymorphic V-tach. What does all that mean? This is a lot to swallow, so let's break this down. Morphic refers to the QRS intervals. Poly just implies that there are multiple, that there are multiple QRS intervals. Torsades de pointes is actually French for twisting of the points. What does that mean?