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 ...

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 ...

(HealthDay News) — Use of a computerized clinical decision support system (CDSS) may reduce the risk of prolonged QT c interval in hospitalized patients at risk for torsades de pointes, according to ...

The QT interval on the surface electrocardiogram spans ventricular depolarisation to repolarisation, and its prolongation signifies delayed recovery of ventricular excitability. Both congenital and ...

CredibleMeds, a valuable resource for prescribing physicians, now includes information from FDA drug labels to inform prescribers of any ECG monitoring recommendations, warnings for use in congenital ...

ROCHESTER, MN — A significant number of patients given implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) for long-QT syndrome (LQTS) receive them for reasons outside of current guidelines, and many ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. COVID-19 infection is associated with a significant increase in the corrected QT interval (QTc) in ...

A tool predicted whether patients with long QT syndrome (LQTS) are at risk of life-threatening events that could be prevented by an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) or beta-blockers. "This ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Cardiac repolarization dynamics seemed to cycle in sync with the menstrual cycle of some people with congenital and drug-induced long QT syndrome (LQTS), a small prospective study ...

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.

Less than 1 percent of the population has been diagnosed with Long QT syndrome – a rare heart condition that can cause chaotic, sometimes fatal, heart rhythms. Now, Virginia Tech researchers at the ...