Almeida Costa, Inês and Alvelos, Margarida and Bettencourt, Paulo (2017) Hypocalcaemia as a Reversible Cause of Acute Heart Failure in a Long-Term Survivor of Childhood Cancer. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 4 (10). ISSN 2284-2594
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Abstract
Hypocalcaemia is known for its neuromuscular symptoms, which are rapidly alleviated by intravenous supplementation. Calcium is also essential for both cardiac cell excitability and contraction. We present a case of acute heart failure due to hypocalcaemia in a young male with a complex medical history.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | hypocalcemia, heart failure, long-term survivor childhood cancer |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Chiara D'Arpa |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Jan 2018 09:17 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jan 2018 09:17 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/17015 |
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