title: Hypocalcemic heart failure: a reversible form of heart muscle disease.
abstract: This paper reports the case of a 53-year-old woman with hypocalcemia-induced reversible cardiomyopathy. Laboratory tests showed hypocalcemia caused by idiopathic hypoparathyroidism. Her left ventricular dysfunction persisted for a long period even after normalization of the serum calcium level. Observations suggest that physicians should be aware that hypocalcemia can be a reversible cause of cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujikawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimada
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D007011:Hypoparathyroidism / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*