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 ...

He also mentioned that the difference in QT prolongation of the 2 groups is even more pronounced at 28 days than it was after 14 days of iloperidone treatment.

Compared with married people, unmarried people were more likely to have a prolonged QT interval, according to findings published in The American Journal of Cardiology.The association was stronger ...

Alcohol use is associated with up to 20% of adolescent deaths. Among common reasons for death in adolescents related to alcohol is cardiovascular toxicity. The phenomenon of QT interval prolongation ...

Prolongation of the QT interval can occur from multiple medications, electrolyte abnormalities (hypocalcemia, hypomagnesemia and hypokalemia) and certain disease states (i.e. intracranial hemorrhage).

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 ...

Administration of certain drugs (for example, antiarrhythmics, antihistamines, antibiotics, antipsychotics) may occasionally affect myocardial repolarization and cause prolongation of the QT interval.

Until recently, cardiac toxicity manifesting in the form of arrhythmias related to QT interval prolongation was uncommonly appreciated within the antimicrobial class of drugs, but it was well ...

The median QTc interval was 441 (Bazett) and 422 (Fridericia) with a standard deviation of 30 and 28 respectively. Women had a mean QTc of 438 (Bazett) versus 443 for men. Conclusions: A very large ...

As prolongation of the QT interval may increase the risk for cardiac arrhythmias, the FDA requires a tQT study for most new drugs in development.