Ventricular arrhythmias associated with hypoglycaemia.
Hypoglycaemia commonly manifests as increased sympathetic discharge or as neuroglycopaenia in the awake patient. This case may represent an example of the effect of hypoglycaemia on the heart giving rise to ventricular tachycardia, which promptly resolved at the time of correction of hypoglycaemia.
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Department of Anaesthesiology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore.
D000368:Aged; D000758:Anesthesia; D004562:Electrocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005734:Gangrene / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000209:etiology*