Clinical Case Reports (Oct 2019)

A rare and reversible case of heart failure—Hypocalcemia due to hypoparathyroidism

  • Josiana deOliveira Martins Duarte,
  • Paula Maria Lobato Pestana Pereira,
  • Ana Sofia Gonçalves Sobral,
  • David Campoamor Durán,
  • Ana Isabel daSilva Fernandes,
  • Henrique José Barrelas Rita,
  • José António deSousa e Costa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2397
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 10
pp. 1932 – 1934

Abstract

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Abstract Physicians should look more carefully for the potential reversible causes of acute heart failure, namely hypoparathyroidism. The recovery of left ventricular function with the treatment of hypoparathyroidism underlines the importance of calcium and the reversibility of this type of cardiomyopathy.

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