DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I recently read that long QT syndrome is quite common. What is it, and how is it diagnosed? I have read that fainting may be one sign of the disorder. Can long QT syndrome be treated ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Compared with married people, unmarried people were more likely to have a prolonged QT interval, according to ...
(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 ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In long QT syndrome, patients doing vigorous exercise did not have more events than those doing nonvigorous ...
LQT-1213 is a first-in-class serum glucocorticoid regulated kinase 1 inhibitor. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug designation to LQT-1213, a first-in-class serum ...
A machine learning model was more effective at detecting congenital long QT syndrome on resting ECGs than manual measurement of QT intervals by arrhythmia experts, in a new study. Researchers ...
BACKGROUND: Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and prolonged QT interval at ECG (QTc) are common in both obesity and arterial hypertension (AH), and are risk factors for cardiovascular disease and ...
Sudden cardiac death, and episodes of fainting and seizures from long QT syndrome are significantly lower than previously thought when patients are diagnosed and treated at a specialty center ...
Timothy syndrome (TS), a rare autosomal-dominant disorder, is characterized by presence of a heart arrhythmia (long QT syndrome), which causes the cardiac muscle to take longer than usual to recharge ...
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 ...
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 ...