The EKG in Hypercalcemia
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| 12 lead EKG: Hypercalcemia. Courtesy of Dr Jose Ganseman |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Electrocardiographic findings of hypercalcemia include;
- A shortening of the QTc interval
- The decrease is at the expense of the ST segment which becomes shortened or absent.
- This is true for Ca of up to 16 meq/li, after this QTc prolongation occurs
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