Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . When combined with sotalol, the oral contraceptive drospirenone was associated with QTc prolongation, a marker ...

February 3, 2006-- A recent analysis of the prospective, population-based Rotterdam Study found that prolongation of the heart-rate corrected QT (QTc) interval increased the risk of sudden cardiac ...

Uncertainty remains regarding the value of heart-rate-corrected QT interval (QTc) prolongation on electrocardiogram for predicting cardiovascular disease (CVD), particularly among Asian populations.

Objective: To assess health care practitioners' ability to correctly measure the QT interval, and to identify factors and medications that may increase the risk of QT-interval prolongation and ...

As more consumer-facing devices add features to measure the heart’s electrical activity, companies are looking for new ways to turn this data into valuable health information. AliveCor, a startup that ...

Arsenic trioxide (ATO) is a highly effective agent for the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). QT interval prolongation is common with ATO and can pose a barrier to effective ...

The QT interval is the time from the beginning of the QRS complex (ventricular depolarization) to the end of the T wave (ventricular repolarization). The normal QT interval is controversial and ...

Findings in Nature Genetics support the idea that balance between sodium and potassium are essential to the heart. An international group of scientists identified 10 genes connected to changes in QT ...

SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors), types of antidepressants, are associated with a long QT interval, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, reported in the BMJ (British ...

HealthDay News — Azithromycin is frequently prescribed to hospitalized patients despite the presence of risk factors for QTc prolongation, according to a study published in the January issue of the ...

AliveCor's at-home EKG device won FDA clearance to calculate a heart's QT interval, a measurement of how long it takes the ventricles to contract and relax. This is vital given that some drugs can ...