Ventricular Fibrillation: A Rare Initial Presentation of Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis

Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis is a life-threatening complication of hyperthyroidism characterized by transient episodes of muscle paralysis and hypokalemia, commonly seen in Asian men. We present a rare case of ventricular fibrillation as the initial presentation of thyrotoxic periodic paralysis. (L...

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Autores principales: Soneji, Nisha, Aggarwal, Arjun, Saghir, Nabeel, Roman-Lopez, Suely, Rodgers, George, Liu, Yan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8446044/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34557687
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.05.013
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author Soneji, Nisha
Aggarwal, Arjun
Saghir, Nabeel
Roman-Lopez, Suely
Rodgers, George
Liu, Yan
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description Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis is a life-threatening complication of hyperthyroidism characterized by transient episodes of muscle paralysis and hypokalemia, commonly seen in Asian men. We present a rare case of ventricular fibrillation as the initial presentation of thyrotoxic periodic paralysis. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)
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spelling pubmed-84460442021-09-22 Ventricular Fibrillation: A Rare Initial Presentation of Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis Soneji, Nisha Aggarwal, Arjun Saghir, Nabeel Roman-Lopez, Suely Rodgers, George Liu, Yan JACC Case Rep Case Report Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis is a life-threatening complication of hyperthyroidism characterized by transient episodes of muscle paralysis and hypokalemia, commonly seen in Asian men. We present a rare case of ventricular fibrillation as the initial presentation of thyrotoxic periodic paralysis. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.) Elsevier 2021-09-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8446044/ /pubmed/34557687 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.05.013 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Soneji, Nisha
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Ventricular Fibrillation: A Rare Initial Presentation of Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis
title Ventricular Fibrillation: A Rare Initial Presentation of Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis
title_full Ventricular Fibrillation: A Rare Initial Presentation of Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis
title_fullStr Ventricular Fibrillation: A Rare Initial Presentation of Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis
title_full_unstemmed Ventricular Fibrillation: A Rare Initial Presentation of Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis
title_short Ventricular Fibrillation: A Rare Initial Presentation of Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis
title_sort ventricular fibrillation: a rare initial presentation of thyrotoxic periodic paralysis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8446044/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34557687
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.05.013
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