A Case of Hypoglycemiainduced QT Prolongation Leading to Torsade de Pointes and a Review of Pathophysiological Mechanisms

Torsades de pointes is a life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia. Occurrence of this arrhythmia as a result of hypoglycemia has not been reported in the literature. We describe an interesting case of an insulin-dependent diabetic patient presenting with torsades de pointes resulting from hypoglycemia. A...

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Autores principales: Hannoodi, Faris, Alwash, Hashim, Shah, Kushal, Ali, Israa, Kumar, Sarwan, Zakaria, Khalid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5475412/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28652909
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2017.960

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5475412/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28652909
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2017.960

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