An unexpected acute coronary syndrome.
Wesley G van Hougenhouck-TullekenVeronica UeckermannPublished in: The Southern African journal of critical care : the official journal of the Critical Care Society (2019)
Hypocalcaemia is a common clinical problem that is usually clinically quiescent, but in the acute setting can present with dramatic signs and symptomsHypocalcaemia resulting in an acute coronary syndrome is usually rapidly reversed by administering intravenous calcium.A hypocalcaemia-induced acute coronary syndrome is most likely a function of the myocardium being perfused primarily during diastole, with partial vasospasm limiting the diastolic flow during times of increased cardiac output or energy requirements.
Keyphrases
- acute coronary syndrome
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- antiplatelet therapy
- left ventricular
- drug induced
- liver failure
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- blood pressure
- high glucose
- high dose
- diabetic rats
- respiratory failure
- aortic dissection
- oxidative stress
- brain injury
- ejection fraction
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- neural stem cells