Cardiac arrhythmias due to severe hypokalemia in a patient with classic Bartter disease

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1413-1415

  Malafronte, Cristina ^a   Borsa, Nicolò ^b   Tedeschi, Silvana ^b   Syrèn, Marie Louise ^c   Stucchi, Sara ^a   Bianchetti, Mario Giovanni ^d   Achilli, Felice ^a   Bettinelli, Alberto ^a  

^a A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Istituti Clinici Perfezionamento   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d SAN GIOVANNI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrhythmias; Classic Bartter disease; Holtermonitoring; Hypokalemia; QT interval

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; INDOMETACIN; MACROLIDE; POTASSIUM; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BARTTER SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOKALEMIC ALKALOSIS; KIDNEY TUBULE DISORDER; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SINUS RHYTHM; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION;

ARRHYTHMIA; BARTTER SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; INFANT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 8844260287     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-004-1611-0     Document Type: Article

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