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Ventricular tachycardia in a 16-year-old boy with primary hyperparathyroidism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2018

Nedo Marčinković*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Daniel Dilber
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Vedran Velagić
Affiliation:
Division of Intervention Cardiology and Electrophysiology, Clinic for Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
*
Author for correspondence: N. Marčinković, MD, Clinic for Pediatrics, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Kišpatićeva 12, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia. Tel: +385 95 807 18 94; Fax: +385 1 2367 442; E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

We report a case of primary hyperparathyroidism with hypercalcaemia in a 16-year-old boy who had spontaneous attack of ventricular tachycardia. To our knowledge, presentation of ventricular tachycardia caused by primary hyperparathyroidism in such a young patient has not been reported in medical literature so far.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2018 

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