Mild hyperkalemia and low eGFR a tedious recipe for cardiac disaster in the elderly: an unusual reversible cause of syncope and heart block

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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Main Authors: Eyal Herzog, Carlos L. Alviar, Juan Pablo Cordova, Balaji Pratap, Aleksandr Korniyenko, Fahad Javed, Emad F. Aziz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Touch Medical Media 2011-09-01
Series:Heart International
Subjects:
Eelderly patients, hyperkalemia, renal failure, syncope, heart block
Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/hi/article/view/2558

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