The missing second: What is the correct unit for the Bazett corrected Qt interval?

Janos Molnar; Jerry S. Weiss; James E. Rosenthal

doi:10.1016/S0002-9149(99)80603-1

The missing second: What is the correct unit for the Bazett corrected Qt interval?

Janos Molnar^*, Jerry S. Weiss, James E. Rosenthal

^*Corresponding author for this work

Medicine, Cardiology Division

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

24 Scopus citations

Abstract

When Taran and Szilagyi⁶ reexpressed the Bazett formula in its commonly used form, they eliminated the seemingly useless step of dividing by 1 second by requiring that RR be expressed in seconds. However, this produced the confusion with regard to the correct unit. Incorporation of the 1-second expression allows the QTc to be expressed in the unit that is both logical and arithmetically correct (namely that of the original QT), and eliminates any requirement regarding the units in which the original QT and RR are measured.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	537-538
Number of pages	2
Journal	The American journal of cardiology
Volume	75
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0002-9149(99)80603-1
State	Published - Mar 1 1995

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Access to Document

10.1016/S0002-9149(99)80603-1

Cite this

@article{9e747d8cbc044031880fc1e95c63be14,

title = "The missing second: What is the correct unit for the Bazett corrected Qt interval?",

abstract = "When Taran and Szilagyi6 reexpressed the Bazett formula in its commonly used form, they eliminated the seemingly useless step of dividing by 1 second by requiring that RR be expressed in seconds. However, this produced the confusion with regard to the correct unit. Incorporation of the 1-second expression allows the QTc to be expressed in the unit that is both logical and arithmetically correct (namely that of the original QT), and eliminates any requirement regarding the units in which the original QT and RR are measured.",

author = "Janos Molnar and Weiss, {Jerry S.} and Rosenthal, {James E.}",

year = "1995",

month = mar,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1016/S0002-9149(99)80603-1",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "75",

pages = "537--538",

journal = "American Journal of Cardiology",

issn = "0002-9149",

publisher = "Elsevier Inc.",

number = "7",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - The missing second

T2 - What is the correct unit for the Bazett corrected Qt interval?

AU - Molnar, Janos

AU - Weiss, Jerry S.

AU - Rosenthal, James E.

PY - 1995/3/1

Y1 - 1995/3/1

N2 - When Taran and Szilagyi6 reexpressed the Bazett formula in its commonly used form, they eliminated the seemingly useless step of dividing by 1 second by requiring that RR be expressed in seconds. However, this produced the confusion with regard to the correct unit. Incorporation of the 1-second expression allows the QTc to be expressed in the unit that is both logical and arithmetically correct (namely that of the original QT), and eliminates any requirement regarding the units in which the original QT and RR are measured.

AB - When Taran and Szilagyi6 reexpressed the Bazett formula in its commonly used form, they eliminated the seemingly useless step of dividing by 1 second by requiring that RR be expressed in seconds. However, this produced the confusion with regard to the correct unit. Incorporation of the 1-second expression allows the QTc to be expressed in the unit that is both logical and arithmetically correct (namely that of the original QT), and eliminates any requirement regarding the units in which the original QT and RR are measured.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0028918427&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0028918427&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)80603-1

DO - 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)80603-1

M3 - Article

C2 - 7864010

AN - SCOPUS:0028918427

VL - 75

SP - 537

EP - 538

JO - American Journal of Cardiology

JF - American Journal of Cardiology

SN - 0002-9149

IS - 7

ER -