Unexpected findings in the work-up of abdominal pain

Dupuis, Fabien;Dupont, Michaël;Postolache, Adriana;Schroeder, Erwin;Seldrum, Stéphanie
(2020) Acta Cardiologica : an international journal of cardiology — Vol. 75, n° 5, p. 471-472 (2020)

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  • Dupuis, Fabienorcid-logoUCLouvain
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  • Dupont, MichaëlUCLouvain
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  • Postolache, AdrianaUCLouvain
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  • Schroeder, ErwinUCLouvain
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  • Seldrum, StéphanieUCLouvain
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(en) A 63-year-old woman with a history of congenital rubella responsible for blindness was admitted in the emergency room of a local hospital for abdominal pain and constipation evolving for weeks. She subsequently developed non-sustained ventricular tachycardia, induced by severe hypokalaemia (2.4 mmol/L) and hypocalcaemia related to massive laxative intake. A transthoracic echocardiogram was performed as routine assessment of arrhythmia, and pulmonary stenosis was suspected. [...]
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Dupuis, F., Dupont, M., Postolache, A., Schroeder, E., & Seldrum, S. (2020). Unexpected findings in the work-up of abdominal pain. Acta Cardiologica : an international journal of cardiology, 75(5), 471-472. https://doi.org/10.1080/00015385.2019.1618564 (Original work published 2020)