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Sudden Cardiac Death As a Result of Neglected Hypopituitarism

Cardiac involvement infrequently occurs in hypopituitarism, and lethal cardiac arrhythmias are rarely reported. We present a middle age female who died as a consequence of refractory ventricular arrhythmia whose medical history and previous laboratory investigation were consistent with hypopituitari...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Hajsheikholeslami, Farhad, Yazdani, Shahrooz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kowsar 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3693667/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23825983
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ijem.5374
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Sumario:Cardiac involvement infrequently occurs in hypopituitarism, and lethal cardiac arrhythmias are rarely reported. We present a middle age female who died as a consequence of refractory ventricular arrhythmia whose medical history and previous laboratory investigation were consistent with hypopituitarism. We conclude that hypopituitarism may lead to electrocardiographic changes and malignant ventricular arrhythmia and should be included in laboratory investigation and differential diagnosis of patients presenting with long QT syndrome