Table 2.

Categorization of 40 cases confirmed as ‘Possible alive torsades cases without conduction defect, atrial fibrillation or myocardial infarction’ with records available (hospitals in Toulouse, Montauban, Albi and pharmacovigilance database, Midi-Pyrenees area)

Categories (documented by discharge summaries, medical records or ECG)	No. (%)	Prolonged QTc documented in records	QTc measured on ECG
Possible TdP/LQTS*– all	40	28 (70%)	24 (60%)
Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation (PVT)†	19	11 (58%)	9 (47%)

^*Possible torsades is syncope plus either premature ventricular contraction or PVT plus LQT.

^†Documented in medical records or on ECG recording.