International Journal of Cardiovascular Practice
Vol 1, No 3 (2016)

Cardiac failure secondary to hypocalcemia

Namazi, Mohammad Hasan (Unknown)
Khaheshi, Isa (Unknown)
Charkhkar, Mahsa (Unknown)
Esmaeeli, Shooka (Unknown)
Haybar, Habib (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Oct 2016

Abstract

Hypocalcemic cardiomyopathy due to hypoparathyroidism is a very atypical and rare circumstance, which is usually intractable to conventional therapy for cardiac failure, but responds satisfactorily to restoration of normocalcemia.We describe a young woman who developed clinical signs of hypocalcemia due to hypoparathyroidism, reduced left ventricular ejection fraction and polymorphic ventricular tachycardia as consequences of hypocalcemia.This case underscores the importance of biochemical abnormalities like hypocalcemia as a rare cause of secondary cardiomyopathy and emphasizes on the need for effective and immediate treatment of hypocalcemia and its related causes.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijcp

Publisher

Subject

Medicine & Pharmacology

Description

International Journal of Cardiovascular Practice(IJCP) is an international quarterly journal dedicated to a broad spectrum of topics in cardiology. All manuscripts must be prepared in English, and are subject to a rigorous and fair peer-review process. Accepted papers will immediately appear online ...