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Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B (Biomedicine & Biotechnology)  2014, Vol. 15 Issue (6): 598-600    DOI: 10.1631/jzus.B1400078
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Hypocalcemia: a reversible cause of T wave alternans and heart failure
Yi-chen Yang, Fa-rong Shen, Yuan-qiang Lu
Department of Clinical Medicine, Graduate School, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China; Department of Emergency Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China
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Abstract  We have read with great interest the recent article “Cellular mechanism of cardiac alternans: an unresolved chicken or egg problem” by Zang and Xia (2014), published in Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B (Biomedicine & Biotechnology). The authors proposed that both calcium handling and electrical components of cardiac cells could be the cellular mechanism of cardiac alternans, and identifying the main mechanism of cardiac alternans could help to cure targeted patients with heart failure. Here, we present a particular case, which may help you to understand our viewpoint.

Key words： Hypocalcemia      Heart failure      Arrhythmias      Cardiac      Hypoparathyroidism     
CLC:  R541.7+6  
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Yi-chen Yang, Fa-rong Shen, Yuan-qiang Lu. Hypocalcemia: a reversible cause of T wave alternans and heart failure. Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B (Biomedicine & Biotechnology), 2014, 15(6): 598-600.

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