Healio

Drug labels, QT prolongation and ECG recommendations

CredibleMeds, a valuable resource for prescribing physicians, now includes information from FDA drug labels to inform prescribers of any ECG monitoring recommendations, warnings for use in congenital ...
BMJ

The prevalence and significance of a short QT interval in 18 825 low-risk individuals including athletes

Objectives The short QT syndrome is a cardiac channelopathy characterised by accelerated repolarisation which manifests as a short QT interval on the ECG. The definition of a short QT interval is ...
Healio

Mobile device approved for fast ECG reading and QTc interval measurement

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . AliveCor announced it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its mobile, handheld ECG device for the calculation of a ...
Medscape

Using AI, Mobile ECG Aims to Expand QTc Screening Horizons

Mobile electrocardiography (mECG) devices can go places a standard 12-lead electrocardiography system can't, with fewer technicians in tow, but it doesn't have the same functionality — their most ...
FierceBiotech

AliveCor scores QT prolongation clearance for its portable ECG to track dangerous drug side effects

With three electrodes—one pad for each thumb, plus a third placed on the ankle—the KardiaMobile 6L creates a triangle of ECG leads across three limbs, to measure the electrical activity of the heart ...
Nature

Concomitant Brugada-like and short QT electrocardiogram linked to SCN5A mutation

Discover the latest articles and news in related subjects. In this study, we describe the overlapping phenotypes of short QT interval with Brugada-like ECG in a Chinese man. Furthermore, we identify a ...
Pharm Exec

QT Prolongation: Closing in on the Target of Meaningful Data

A prolonged QT interval creates an electro-physiological environment that is favorable for the development of cardiac arrhythmias. A new study in Holland suggests that yet another group of ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

Hand-Held ECG Device Cleared for Measurement of QTc Interval

AliveCor is also offering a service called InstantQT™ to assist in measuring QT intervals through an FDA-cleared, ECG processing software. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the ...
News Medical

Diagnosis of Long QT Syndrome

Diagnosis of LQTS may be prompted by symptoms or may be made as a chance finding on Electrocardiography (EKG or ECG). Diagnosis of LQTS includes looking at a patient’s medical history, physical ...
Finanznachrichten

CardioComm Solutions, Inc: Quebec Pharmacists Launch ECG Screening for the Prevention of Drug Induced Sudden Cardiac Death

HeartCheck CardiBeat and SMART Monitoring ECG Triaging to be used in Screening Services for detection of QT Prolongation in Community Pharmacies TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / December 17, 2020 / ...
Nature

Pre-eclampsia: evidence of altered ventricular repolarization by standard ECG parameters and QT dispersion

Pre-eclampsia complicates approximately 6–8% of all pregnancies. Epidemiologic studies have demonstrated a relationship between pre-eclampsia and cardiac morbidity and mortality later in life, but the ...