Mild hyperkalemia and low eGFR a tedious recipe for cardiac disaster in the elderly: an unusual reversible cause of syncope and heart block
Hyperkalemia affects the myocardial tissue producing electrocardiographic abnormalities, such as prolongation of the P-R interval, tall peaked T waves, a reduction in the amplitude and an increase in the duration of P wave, and atrial and ventricular arrhythmias, including variable degree heart bloc...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Touch Medical Media
2011-09-01
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Series: | Heart International |
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Online Access: | http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/hi/article/view/2558 |