A Case of QT Prolongation Associated with Panhypopituitarism

We describe a 37-year-old patient with panhypopituitarism who experienced symptoms and signs of hormonal insufficiency and QT prolongation on electrocardiogram without electrolyte disturbances. After hormonal (steroidal and thyroid) replacement therapy electrocardiographic findings were normalized....

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Autores principales: Arpaci, Dilek, Demir, Mustafa Volkan, Garip, Tayfun, Tamer, Ali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3665245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23762665
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/989745
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author Arpaci, Dilek
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Tamer, Ali
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description We describe a 37-year-old patient with panhypopituitarism who experienced symptoms and signs of hormonal insufficiency and QT prolongation on electrocardiogram without electrolyte disturbances. After hormonal (steroidal and thyroid) replacement therapy electrocardiographic findings were normalized. Hormonal disorders should be considered as a cause of long QT intervals which may lead to torsade de pointes, even if plasma electrolyte levels are normal, because life-threatening arrhythmia is treatable by supplementation of the hormone that is lacking.
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spelling pubmed-36652452013-06-12 A Case of QT Prolongation Associated with Panhypopituitarism Arpaci, Dilek Demir, Mustafa Volkan Garip, Tayfun Tamer, Ali Case Rep Endocrinol Case Report We describe a 37-year-old patient with panhypopituitarism who experienced symptoms and signs of hormonal insufficiency and QT prolongation on electrocardiogram without electrolyte disturbances. After hormonal (steroidal and thyroid) replacement therapy electrocardiographic findings were normalized. Hormonal disorders should be considered as a cause of long QT intervals which may lead to torsade de pointes, even if plasma electrolyte levels are normal, because life-threatening arrhythmia is treatable by supplementation of the hormone that is lacking. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-05-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3665245/ /pubmed/23762665 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/989745 Text en Copyright © 2013 Dilek Arpaci et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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