Hypercalcemia due to vitamin D intoxication with clinical features mimicking acute myocardial infarction

Internal Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 340-344

  Ashizawa, Naoto ^a   Arakawa, Syuji ^a   Koide, Yuji ^a   Toda, Genji ^a   Seto, Shinji ^a   Yano, Katsusuke ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Electrocardiogram (ECG); Hypercalcemia; QaTc interval; Vitamin D intoxication

Indexed keywords

ALFACALCIDOL; CALCIUM ION; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FUROSEMIDE; IMIDAPRIL; NITRATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROGLUMETACIN MALEATE; VITAMIN D;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; QT INTERVAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYMPTOM; T WAVE; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0038663161     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.42.340     Document Type: Article

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