Lithium intoxication causing ST segment elevation and wandering atrial rhythms in an elderly patient

Cardiology Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 404-407

  Kayrak, Mehmet ^a   Ari, Hatem ^a   Duman, Cetin ^a   Gul, Enes Elvin ^a   Ak, Ahmet ^a   Atalay, Huseyin ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; GLICLAZIDE; LEVOTHYROXINE; LITHIUM SALT; PAROXETINE;

AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LITHIUM BLOOD LEVEL; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; SOMNOLENCE; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE INVERSION;

AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OVERDOSE; RENAL DIALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955005916     PISSN: 18975593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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