Reversible dilated hypocalcaemic cardiomyopathy in a patient with primary hypoparathyroidism [4]

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 717-718

  Tziomalos, Konstantinos ^a   Kakavas, Nikitas ^a   Kountana, Evangelia ^a   Harsoulis, Faidon ^a   Basayannis, Elias ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFACALCIDOL; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS; SEVELAMER;

AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; BRAIN; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33646827856     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2006.02538.x     Document Type: Letter

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