Hypoglycemia precipitating prolonged QT interval and myocardial ischemia in a patient with coronary heart disease and renal failure

Diabetic Hypoglycemia

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 9-11

  Foster, Jane ^a   Baillie, Paul A ^a   Strain, W David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrhythmia; Diabetes; ECG; Hypoglycemia; Myocardial ischemia; Renal disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; ISOPHANE INSULIN; TROPONIN T;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN TREATMENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PNEUMONIA; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; SEPSIS;

EID: 84860348676     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17572428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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