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Materials and Methods: This prospective observational study analyzed eighty-five parturients undergoing cesarean delivery. The participants were divided into two groups based on their baseline QTc, which was measured automatically using a patient monitor in the operating room rather than using a standardized 12-lead electrocardiogram: &lt;440 ms (n = 42) or \u2265440 ms (n = 43). Following combined spinal-epidural anesthesia, the incidence of spinal hypotension until delivery was analyzed and the vasopressor requirements within 30 min were compared between the QTc groups. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was measured to identify the optimal QTc cut-off for predicting spinal hypotension. Results: Spinal hypotension was observed in 37\/43 parturients (86.0%) with QTc &lt; 440 ms, compared to 17\/42 (40.5%) with QTc \u2265 440 ms (p &lt; 0.001). The total amount of phenylephrine significantly differed between groups (300 \u03bcg [100\u2013400] vs. 100 \u03bcg [0\u2013300], p = 0.009). The area under the ROC curve for spinal hypotension prediction was 0.75 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.64\u20130.86). The optimal QTc cut-off interval, determined using the maximum Youden index (J = 0.510), which corresponded to the best combination of sensitivity and specificity, was 441 ms. Conclusions: These preliminary patient-monitor-based findings indicate an association between preoperative QTc and spinal hypotension, which should be validated using standardized electrocardiographic methods.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina61111925","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,28]],"date-time":"2025-10-28T11:47:19Z","timestamp":1761652039000},"page":"1925","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Prolonged Corrected QT Interval Is Associated with Lower Incidence of Maternal Hypotension During Spinal Anesthesia in Cesarean Delivery: A Prospective Observational Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"61","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2424-9973","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hee-Sun","family":"Park","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 05505, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Dong-Min","family":"Jang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 05505, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0588-1903","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jong Yeon","family":"Park","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 05505, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4881-1884","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Won Uk","family":"Koh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 05505, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5392-398X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Woo-Jong","family":"Choi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 05505, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"268","DOI":"10.1007\/s00540-015-2099-4","article-title":"Rethinking general anesthesia for cesarean section","volume":"30","author":"Sumikura","year":"2016","journal-title":"J. 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