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 ...

Having access to less intrusive QT interval measurement with flexibility around the time and place of the appointment is important 3.1 Psychiatric service user experts explained that it is important ...

Objective: To assess health care practitioners' ability to correctly measure the QT interval, and to identify factors and medications that may increase the risk of QT-interval prolongation and ...

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 ...

AliveCor's at-home EKG device won FDA clearance to calculate a heart's QT interval, a measurement of how long it takes the ventricles to contract and relax. This is vital given that some drugs can ...

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 ...

Uncertainty remains regarding the value of heart-rate-corrected QT interval (QTc) prolongation on electrocardiogram for predicting cardiovascular disease (CVD), particularly among Asian populations.

February 4, 2010 (Washington, DC) — A profoundly simple test that takes advantage of the brief heart-rate acceleration that occurs when one stands up, especially if it's done quickly, could ...

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 ...

ADInstruments has announced that PowerLab systems are being used to establish the zebrafish as a model for assessing drug effects on cardiac function, using QT prolongation as a key indicator.

This section describes the evidence gaps, why they need to be addressed and their relative importance for future committee decision making. The committee will not be able to make a positive ...