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Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE B

ISSN 1673-1581(Print), 1862-1783(Online), Monthly

2014 Vol.15 No.6 P.598-600

Hypocalcemia: a reversible cause of T wave alternans and heart failure

Yi-chen Yang, Fa-rong Shen, Yuan-qiang Lu

Department of Clinical Medicine, Graduate School, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China; Department of Emergency Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China

yangyichenyz@126.com, luyuanqiang201@gmail.com

Abstract: We have read with great interest the recent article “Cellular mechanism of cardiac alternans: an unresolved chicken or egg problem” by Zang and Xia (2014), published in Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B (Biomedicine & Biotechnology). The authors proposed that both calcium handling and electrical components of cardiac cells could be the cellular mechanism of cardiac alternans, and identifying the main mechanism of cardiac alternans could help to cure targeted patients with heart failure. Here, we present a particular case, which may help you to understand our viewpoint.

Key words: Hypocalcemia, Heart failure, Arrhythmias, Cardiac, Hypoparathyroidism


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DOI:

10.1631/jzus.B1400078

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R541.7+6

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