Complete atrioventricular block with unwidened QRS complex during hyperkalemia

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1480-1482

  Tiberti, Gianluca ^a,b   Bana, Gilberto ^a   Bossi, Mario ^a  

^a General Hospital   (Italy)

^b A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular block; Hyperkalemia

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; POLYSTYRENESULFONATE SODIUM; POTASSIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM EXCRETION; QRS COMPLEX;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC;

EID: 0031926938     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00222.x     Document Type: Article

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