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) ...

OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of cisapride on the corrected QT (QTc) interval in infants over a 14-day period. STUDY DESIGN: A prospective cohort study of infants receiving cisapride (0.8 mg/kg per ...

Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are associated with prolongation of the QTc interval on the electrocardiogram (ECG). The QTc-interval prolongation increases the risk of life-threatening arrhythmias.

Atrial fibrillation with a slow ventricular response Right bundle branch block Prolonged QT interval (with normal QTc interval) The QRS complex is irregular and coarse "fibrillatory waves" are present ...

Copenhagen, Denmark - A team of Danish researchers have shown that certain patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) may benefit from the class III antiarrhythmic drug dofetilide (Tikosyn? - Pfizer ...

Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA Correspondence to Dr M J Ackerman, Long QT Syndrome Clinic and the Mayo Clinic Windland Smith ...