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[[Image:Surawicz.jpg|120px|thumb|right|Dr Surawicz, founder of the tangent method, still active in November 2006, at age 89.]] | [[Image:Surawicz.jpg|120px|thumb|right|Dr Surawicz, founder of the tangent method, still active in November 2006, at age 89.]] | ||
Although QT prolongation is potentially lethal, measurement of the QT interval by physicians is not standardized, since different definitions of the end of the T wave exist.<cite>Viskin</cite> Most QT experts define the end of the T wave as the intersection of the steepest tangent line from the end of the T-wave with the base line of the ECG.<cite>Lepeschkin</cite> This leads to the following stepwise approach: | Although QT prolongation is potentially lethal, measurement of the QT interval by physicians is not standardized, since different definitions of the end of the T wave exist.(CITATION DOESN'T WORK)<cite>Viskin</cite> Most QT experts define the end of the T wave as the intersection of the steepest tangent line from the end of the T-wave with the base line of the ECG.<cite>Lepeschkin</cite> This leads to the following stepwise approach: | ||
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