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    Int Arch Med. 2009 Jul 31;2(1):23.

    Prolonged QT interval in a man with anorexia nervosa.

    Macías-Robles MD, Perez-Clemente AM, Maciá-Bobes C, Alvarez-Rueda MA, Pozo-Nuevo S.

    Department of Emergencies, Hospital San Agustín, Avilés, Asturias, Spain. MDMACIAS@telefonica.net

    Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by the avoidance of food intake, which usually leads to a weight loss. Cardiac co-morbility is common and we can find sometimes a mass loss from the left ventricle, which can be seen by echocardiography. But the commonest complications are rhythm variations, typically bradycardia with a prolonged QT interval in up to a 40% of the cases, which altogether elevates ventricular tachycardia and sudden death risk. We present the case of a male who was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa and developed asthenia, a long QT interval and also a severe both hypokalaemia and hypomagnesaemia. We intend to discuss the pathogenic paths as well as prophylactic and therapeutic measures to this potentially-lethal pathology.

    PMID: 19646241 [PubMed]

    PMCID: PMC2726134

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