Keywords: cv, ranolazine, shortens, qt, interval, lqt3, usa-based
CV's ranolazine shortens QT interval in LQT3
Article | 07 April 2008
USA-based CV Therapeutics' ranolazine significantly (p<0.001) shortened the QT interval of patients with a hereditary form of long QT syndrome called LQT3, which is caused by a genetic mutation in the late sodium channel and can be associated with heart rhythm problems, including sudden death. Ranolazine also shortened cardiac relaxation time in the study, data from which were presented at the American College of Cardiology's 57th Annual Scientific Session in Chicago.
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