PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | hypocalcemia |
| Symptom | C0018802|congestive heart failure |
| Sentences | 2 |
| PubMedID- 24044019 | This effect probably occurs because the parathyroid hormone increases both the entry of calcium into myocardial cells and the release of endogenous myocardial norepinephrine.9) there have been several case reports of reversible congestive heart failure associated with hypocalcemia caused by hypoparathyroidism, all of which presented with diffuse lv hypokinesia rather than apical ballooning.10)11) we herein report a unique case of reversible cardiomyopathy associated with hypocalcemia secondary to untreated hypoparathyroidism presenting with transient lv apical ballooning rather than diffuse lv hypokinesia. |
| PubMedID- 24251165 | In some reported cases, correction of hypocalcemia was associated with resolution of congestive heart failure and the left ventricular (lv) geometry and systolic function. |
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