The QT interval is the time from the beginning of the QRS complex, representing ventricular depolarization, to the end of the T wave, resulting from ventricular repolarization. The normal QT interval ...

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A prolonged QT interval has a variety of causes and can be a very serious ECG finding, as it may lead to the potentially fatal arrhythmia polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (Torsades de Pointes). See ...

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 ...

One of the principal tasks of an oncologist is to determine whether to administer, reduce the dose, or hold chemotherapy on the basis of patient characteristics, organ function, and toxicities. These ...

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 ...

Studies comparing MMT to buprenorphine maintenance treatment (BMT) over 5-years found buprenorphine to be a safer drug for opioid maintenance treatment as it had no significant effect on QT ...

The maternal heart significantly adapts to the circulatory needs of pregnancy, but the effect of pregnancy on ventricular repolarization is poorly understood. The aim of this study was to quantify ...

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