Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The QT interval is an electrocardiogram representation of ventricular depolarization and repolarization. It is ...

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.

February 3, 2006-- A recent analysis of the prospective, population-based Rotterdam Study found that prolongation of the heart-rate corrected QT (QTc) interval increased the risk of sudden cardiac ...

Introduction: Cardiac complications following ischemic stroke are common. The term "stroke-heart syndrome" describes new adverse cardiac events post-stroke, with QTc prolongation being the most ...

Propofol is a preferred agent for sedation in patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) due, in part, to its established safety profile. Despite this, recent case reports have suggested a potential ...

A phase I study of the oral administration of irinotecan in combination with the potent P-glycoprotein (P-gp) inhibitor HM30181A. Phase I study of DFP-11207, a novel oral 5-FU with enhanced PK and ...

Anti‐Sjögren's syndrome‐related antigen A‐antibodies (anti‐Ro/SSA‐antibodies) are responsible for a novel form of acquired long‐QT syndrome, owing to autoimmune‐mediated inhibition of cardiac human ...

Introduction and objectives. Recently we reported that prolongation of the corrected QT (CTc) interval is an independent risk factor in patients with unstable angina and acute ischemic changes. The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . When combined with sotalol, the oral contraceptive drospirenone was associated with QTc prolongation, a marker ...

1. Altmann D, Eggmann U, Ammann P: Medikamentös induzierte Verlängerung des QT-Intervalls. [Drug induced QT prolongation]. Wien Klin Wochenschr 2008; 120: 128–35. CrossRef MEDLINE 2. Haverkamp H, ...