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

Boston, MA - Patients who receive high doses of the antidepressants citalopram or escitalopram could potentially develop QT-interval prolongation, a marker of a slight increased risk for ventricular ...

February 19, 2009 (Portland, Oregon) — Both diabetes and QT-interval-prolonging medications were significant and independent risk factors for sudden cardiac death (SCD) among members of a ...

Tight Glycemic Control of Little Value Post-Pediatric Heart Op Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, including citalopram, escitalopram, and amitriptyline, are associated with prolonged corrected ...

There were 252 patients with EKG results included for the analysis; they were given concomitant therapy for median 7 days. This article is written live from ID Week 2017 Annual Meeting in San Diego, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Compared with married people, unmarried people were more likely to have a prolonged QT interval, according to ...

For many years, moderate alcohol intake and its effect on health have been subject to much debate, particularly concerning cardiovascular health. Indeed, light-to-moderate use of alcohol has been ...

Plausible explanations for differences in the prognostic impact of prolonged QTc interval among the studies are the occurrence of chance, bias and uncontrolled confounding variables. Chance could have ...

Researchers have been using artificial intelligence (AI) to develop a mobile device that can identify certain patients at risk of sudden cardiac death. Researchers from Mayo Clinic and AliveCor Inc.

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 ...

Efficacy and Tolerability of Temozolomide in an Alternating Weekly Regimen in Patients With Recurrent Glioma Investigation and utilization of molecularly targeted agents has induced a number of drug ...