title: Hyperaldosteronism and sudden cardiac death.
abstract: From a database of 130 implantable cardiac defibrillator recipients, 2 patients (1.5%) with sudden cardiac death as a presenting symptom, leading to diagnosis of primary hyperaldosteronism, are described. This is a newly described cause of sudden cardiac death, possibly more frequent than suspected, which should be considered in patients with malignant arrhythmias and hypokalemia.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Geist
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dorian
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Greene
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Newman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006929:Hyperaldosteronism / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged