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4022357

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-9-5
pubmed:abstractText
An 11-year-old boy was evaluated for mild periodic muscular weakness exacerbated on separate occasions by disopyramide phosphate and procainamide. He and his mother both had bidirectional ventricular tachydysrhythmia (BVT), short stature, microcephaly, and clinodactyly. The mother, but not the child, had lingual myotonia. The two antiarrhythmic drugs worsened the muscular weakness without benefiting the cardiac dysrhythmia. Potassium loading produced skeletal muscle weakness and transient conversion of the BVT to normal sinus rhythm. Hypokalemia aggravated the BVT without causing weakness. Acetazolamide had no effect. The patient suffered a nonfatal cardiac arrest after several days of increased carbohydrate intake. Imipramine controlled the dysrhythmia without inducing weakness. Periodic paralysis should be considered as the diagnosis in children with BVT, a potentially fatal condition.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0028-3878
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1208-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Potentially fatal cardiac dysrhythmia and hyperkalemic periodic paralysis.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports