AI Article Synopsis
- Addison's disease can lead to elevated potassium levels (hyperkalemia), which is typically uncommon for causing heart block.
- The text discusses a specific case where a patient with Addison's disease experienced heart block and Stokes-Adam's syndrome due to hyperkalemia.
- The patient also exhibited other symptoms related to low adrenal function (hypoadrenalism).
Article Abstract
Addison's disease is known to cause hyperkalemia. However, heart block as a result of such hyperkalemia is very rare. We report one such case where Addison's disease presented with hyperkalemia and resultant heart block and Stokes-Adam's syndrome along with other features of hypoadrenalism.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11364306 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/aam.aam_154_22 | DOI Listing |
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