CRUK Manchester Institute

Evaluating the Impact of Pseudo-Colour and Coordinate System on the Detection of Medication-induced ECG Changes

The electrocardiogram (ECG), a graphical representation of the heart's electrical activity, is used for detecting cardiac pathologies. Certain medications can produce a complication known as 'long QT syndrome', shown on the ECG as an increased gap between two parts of the waveform. Self-monitoring for this could be li…