| Literature DB >> 27604986 |
Piotr Kukla1, Monika Kulik2, Marek Jastrzębski3, Leszek Bryniarski3, Danuta Czarnecka3, Adrian Baranchuk4.
Abstract
Hypocalcemia is mainly the consequence of hypoalbuminemia, advanced renal impairment, cirrhosis, malnutrition, or sepsis. The most common ECG manifestation of hypocalcemia is QT prolongation as a result of ST segment lengthening. Very occasionally, hypocalcemia can manifest with ST segment elevation forcing the differential diagnosis with ST elevation MI. We described a case of severe hypocalcemia manifesting in electrocardiogram with a J point elevation, absent of ST segment and with associated short QT interval mimicking acute myocardial infarction.Entities:
Keywords: zzm321990QT intervalzzm321990; zzm321990hypercalcemiazzm321990; electrocardiogram
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27604986 PMCID: PMC6931885 DOI: 10.1111/anec.12401
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol ISSN: 1082-720X Impact factor: 1.468