Department of Cardiac Function, Xi'an No.3 Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Northwest University, Xi'an, China.
Department of Cardiology, Qinghai Provincial People's Hospital, Xining, China.
Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol. 2022 Jul;27(4):e12939. doi: 10.1111/anec.12939. Epub 2022 Feb 11.
Hypoparathyroidism predisposes patients to hypocalcemia. Patients with hypoparathyroidism are thus at risk of electrocardiographic abnormalities, including T-wave alternans. T-wave alternans is poorly understood and lacks uniform diagnostic criteria. Its presence suggests myocardial electrical instability, and it has become an important sign for identifying patients at high risk of malignant arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. We report a rare case of T-wave alternans with torsade de pointes due to hypocalcemia. The etiology of T-wave alternans may easily be overlooked. It should thus be thoroughly investigated to avoid misdiagnosis and poor outcomes.
甲状旁腺功能减退症使患者容易发生低钙血症。甲状旁腺功能减退症患者因此存在心电图异常的风险,包括 T 波交替。T 波交替的机制尚未完全阐明,缺乏统一的诊断标准。其存在提示心肌电不稳定性,已成为识别恶性心律失常和心源性猝死高危患者的重要标志。我们报告了一例因低钙血症引起的 T 波交替伴尖端扭转型室性心动过速的罕见病例。T 波交替的病因可能很容易被忽视。因此,应进行彻底检查以避免误诊和不良后果。