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Disparity In Physician Recognition Of Qt Interval Duration And Associated Mortality, Supraja Thunuguntla, Mohammed Rizwan, Charles Mild
Disparity In Physician Recognition Of Qt Interval Duration And Associated Mortality, Supraja Thunuguntla, Mohammed Rizwan, Charles Mild
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Background
QT interval prolongation is associated with all-cause mortality (1,2). American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology (AHA/ACC) recommends considering QTc interval above 99th percentile as abnormally prolonged, to prevent Torsade de Pointes (TdP).
Methods
This is a retrospective chart review of 291 EKG’s (162 unique), from patients visiting our facility at Valley Baptist Medical Center (Harlingen) from January 2016 to March 2020. All EKG’s were read, the measured QT interval was corrected for heart rate using the Bazett formula. Simple descriptive statistics were created with all variables considered: patient age, gender, interpreting physician, report/ documentation of long QT, presence of …