title: Hypocalcaemia-induced transient dilated cardiomyopathy in elderly: a case report.
abstract: Hypocalcaemia is a rare cause of reversible heart failure. We reported a 76-year-old woman who had a severe systolic heart failure. She had severe hypocalcaemia due to hypoparathyroidism after thyroidectomy. Echocardiography showed a dilated left ventricle with a depressed left ventricular ejection fraction. Serum calcium level was low without other biological abnormalities. After calcium supplementation, heart failure improved rapidly. At 2 months, the calcium level was in a normal range and biventricular systolic and diastolic functions returned to normal.
authors.affiliation: Département de Cardiologie et Maladies Vasculaires, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes, and Université de Rennes, INSERM, 2 rue Henri Le Guilloux, 35033 Rennes Cedex 09, France. albin.behaghel@chu-rennes.fr
authors.forename: Albin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Behaghel
authors.forename: Erwan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Donal
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002118:Calcium / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000097:blood; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D054143:Heart Failure, Systolic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D007011:Hypoparathyroidism / Q000209:etiology*; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D013965:Thyroidectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium