Ventricular tachycardia in a 16-year-old boy with primary hyperparathyroidism

We report a case of primary hyperparathyroidism with hypercalcaemia in a 16-year-old boy who had spontaneous attack of ventricular tachycardia. To our knowledge, presentation of ventricular tachycardia caused by primary hyperparathyroidism in such a young patient has not been reported in medical lit...

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Published in:Cardiology in the young 2018-11, Vol.28 (11), p.1359-1360
Main Authors: Marčinković, Nedo, Dilber, Daniel, Velagić, Vedran
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Brief Report
Cardiac arrhythmia
Case reports
Electrocardiography
Emergency medical care
Endocrine system
Hypercalcemia
Hyperparathyroidism
Laboratories
Tachycardia
Ventricle
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Summary:We report a case of primary hyperparathyroidism with hypercalcaemia in a 16-year-old boy who had spontaneous attack of ventricular tachycardia. To our knowledge, presentation of ventricular tachycardia caused by primary hyperparathyroidism in such a young patient has not been reported in medical literature so far.
ISSN:1047-9511
1467-1107
DOI:10.1017/S1047951118001208