Due to the effects of heart rate, the corrected QT interval (QTc) is frequently used. The QTc is considered prolonged if greater than 450 ms in males and 470 ms in females. It is calculated using ...

Fourth, we likely overestimated the real percentage of physicians capable of measuring a QT interval. Because we did not ask participants for the corrected QT interval, which is probably a more ...

Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA Correspondence to Dr M J Ackerman, Long QT Syndrome Clinic and the Mayo Clinic Windland Smith ...

the QT interval corrected for heart rate (QTc interval) actually increased by 50 ± 30 ms. By contrast, the QT interval did not decrease in patients with LQTS (it lengthened by 4 ± 34 ms ...

The QT interval is the time from the beginning of the QRS complex (ventricular depolarization) to the end of the T wave (ventricular repolarization). The normal QT interval is controversial and ...