The diagnostics advisory committee considered evidence on KardiaMobile 6L for measuring QT interval from several sources, including an early value assessment report, cost and resource use report and ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Consuming a large quantity of grapefruit juice has effects on the QT interval in healthy adults similar to those seen with moxifloxacin, an antibiotic with known QT-prolonging ...

Minneapolis, MN - An increased duration of the QTc points to an elevated risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality in black and white healthy men and women, ...

Diagnosis of LQTS may be prompted by symptoms or may be made as a chance finding on Electrocardiography (EKG or ECG). Diagnosis of LQTS includes looking at a patient’s medical history, physical ...

The finding of nine associated common variants in five genes known to influence myocardial repolarization and cardiac arrhythmias at the top of our list of results, with eight achieving a stringent ...

A new registry study aims to help physicians share personalized and quantitative information on the risk for life-threatening arrhythmic events associated with long-QT syndrome (LQTS). Also, for the ...

The idea that someone could have a life-threatening heart condition and not know it is frightening. Worse is the idea that this disease could strike without warning. However, anyone may be walking ...

There are over 200 medications that prolong the QT interval, the time it takes for your heart muscle to recharge between beats. The list includes not only antiarrhythmic drugs, but also medications ...

Congenital long-QT syndrome is a disorder resulting in ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death. The most common forms of the long-QT syndrome, types 1 and 2, are caused by mutations in the ...

the effectiveness (diagnostic accuracy) of using KardiaMobile 6L to measure QT interval in adults having or about to have antipsychotic medications and the effect of the corrected QT interval (QTc) ...