Addison's disease masking a potentially life-threatening condition

Addison's disease (AD) is a metabolic disorder that affects the metabolism of potassium. The hyperkalemia that results from this condition can be reflected in the electrocardiogram, which could confound the diagnosis of other cardiac conditions. Such a challenging situation was encountered when...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Rojas-Marte, Geurys, Chadha, Sameer, Konka, Sarita, John, Jinu, Malik, Bilal, Hollander, Gerald, Shani, Jacob
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4369965/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25988007
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omu002
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Sumario:Addison's disease (AD) is a metabolic disorder that affects the metabolism of potassium. The hyperkalemia that results from this condition can be reflected in the electrocardiogram, which could confound the diagnosis of other cardiac conditions. Such a challenging situation was encountered when a 73-year-old male with history of AD presented to the emergency department with chest pain.

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