Criteria for short QT interval based on a new QT-heart rate adjustment formula

Background: A short QT interval, within which an increased risk for atrial fibrillation and/or fatal cardiac arrhythmias occurs, has been difficult to define. Methods: The lower percentiles of a new QTc formula were determined, using a precise mathematical fitting of the QT-heart rate relationship f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Simon W. Rabkin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-10-01
Series:Journal of Arrhythmia
Subjects:
QTc
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1880427617300522