title: Ventricular fibrillation in hypercalcaemic crisis due to primary hyperparathyroidism.
abstract: We report the case of a 64-year-old man who presented with severe hypercalcaemia secondary to primary hyperparathyroidism. Soon after admission he developed ventricular fibrillation with no other cause than this severe hypercalcaemia. Although the occurrence of cardiac arrhythmias in hypercalcaemia is widely known, ventricular fibrillation has never been described before.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, PO Box 444 3300o AH Dordrecht, the Netherlands. R.M.Kiewiet@asz.nl
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Kiewiet
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Ponssen
authors.forename: E N W
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Janssens
authors.forename: Ph W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Fels
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D003221:Confusion; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000150:complications*; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium