sudden cardiac death as a result of neglected hypopituitarism
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cardiac involvement infrequently occurs in hypopituitarism, and lethal cardiac arrhythmias are rarely reported. we present a middle age female who died as a consequence of refractory ventricular arrhythmia whose medical history and previous laboratory investigation were consistent with hypopituitarism. we conclude that hypopituitarism may lead to electrocardiographic changes and malignant ventricular arrhythmia and should be included in laboratory investigation and differential diagnosis of patients presenting with long qt syndrome
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Sudden Cardiac Death As a Result of Neglected Hypopituitarism
Cardiac involvement infrequently occurs in hypopituitarism, and lethal cardiac arrhythmias are rarely reported. We present a middle age female who died as a consequence of refractory ventricular arrhythmia whose medical history and previous laboratory investigation were consistent with hypopituitarism. We conclude that hypopituitarism may lead to electrocardiographic changes and malignant ventr...
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international journal of endocrinology and metabolismجلد ۱۱، شماره ۲، صفحات ۱۱۷-۹
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