Silent myocardial ischemia induced by hypoglycemia

Authors
Pezzilli, R Broccoli, P Billi, P Barakat, B
Citation
R. Pezzilli et al., Silent myocardial ischemia induced by hypoglycemia, PANMIN MED, 40(4), 1998, pp. 347-349
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine
Journal title
PANMINERVA MEDICA
ISSN journal
00310808 → ACNP
Volume
40
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
347 - 349
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-0808(199812)40:4<347:SMIIBH>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Hypoglycemia is known to produce various EKG changes, including arrhythmias . Although these changes have been rarely documented, their presence may po se diagnostic and therapeutic problems in an emergency situation. We report the case of a 81-year-old man with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus who showed electrocardiographic features of acute myocardial ischemia during a n episode of hypoglycemia; these alterations disappeared after glucose admi nistration.