Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . AliveCor announced it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its mobile, handheld ECG device for the calculation of a ...

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 ...

ROTTERDAM, the NETHERLANDS — A new analysis of participants in a population-based cohort study suggests at least two ECGs might be useful to stratify individuals at risk for sudden cardiac death (SCD) ...

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 ...

Inappropriate chemotherapy decisions may occur through use of a commonly used formula that overestimates the risk of a cardiac adverse event, warn researchers. Many cancer drugs carry a risk of QT ...

Objectives The short QT syndrome is a cardiac channelopathy characterised by accelerated repolarisation which manifests as a short QT interval on the ECG. The definition of a short QT interval is ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

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 ...

In the past decade, the single most common cause of the withdrawal or restriction of the use of drugs that have already been marketed has been the prolongation of the QT interval associated with ...

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 ...