February 9, 2010 (Dallas, Texas and Washington, DC) — Many common, useful drugs have the side effect of electrocardiographic QT-interval prolongation, which substantially increases the risk of sudden ...

Torsades de pointes (French for “twisting of the points”) is one of several types of life-threatening heart rhythm disturbances. In the case of torsades de pointes (TdP), the heart’s two lower ...

Torsades de pointes is a type of atypical heart rhythm. It occurs when the lower chambers of the heart beat faster than the upper chambers. Treatment options may include supplements or medications.

Purpose: The association of methadone with Q-T interval prolongation and torsades de pointes (TdP) is reviewed, and recommendations for preventing Q-T interval prolongation in methadone users are ...

AUSTIN, TX—Controversy surrounds the issue of methadone-induced QTc-interval prolongation (QTcP or torsades de pointes), and just who should have EKG testing and when. According to study results ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

There are only a few sinus rhythm QRS complexes available to examine on this ECG. Using lead V1 an incomplete right bundle branch block is seen. A prolonged QT interval is present that extends all the ...