Miami Beach, FL - In a meta-analysis of seven studies evaluating QTc interval and the risks of total or cardiovascular mortality, investigators have concluded there was no consistent association ...

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of obesity on dispersion of P-wave duration and QTc interval in obese women. Forty-two obese women (Body mass index (BMI)=40±3 kg/m 2, mean age 45±9 ...

Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is an inherited genetic disorder associated with QT prolongation on the electrocardiogram (ECG) and ventricular tachyarrhythmias that manifest as syncope, aborted cardiac ...

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 ...

Table 1 SNPs in cardiac ion channel genes associated with QTc length in healthy Caucasian populations KCNH2 rs1805123 (K897T) and rs3815459 were in moderate LD (D′=−0.60). Haplotype analysis confirmed ...