The case for hypoglycaemia as a proarrhythmic event: Basic and clinical evidence

Diabetologia

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1552-1561

  Nordin, C ^a,b  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACCORD study; Ca2+ overload; Catecholamine necrosis; Dead in bed syndrome; Hypoglycaemia; Hypokalaemia; Proarrhythmia; QT prolongation; Review; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CALCIUM; CATECHOLAMINE; DIGOXIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INOTROPIC AGENT; OUABAIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART PROARRHYTHMIA; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE; SUDDEN DEATH; T WAVE; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; COMPLICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; RISK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77955492704     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: 14320428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-010-1752-6     Document Type: Review

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