PMID: 11915995Mar 28, 2002Paper

Magnesium deficiency during lactation as a precipitant of ventricular tachyarrhythmias

Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology : PACE
Theofanie MelaB McGovern

Abstract

A young ICD recipient with a history of syncope and idiopathic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation presented after an ICD discharge. She had delivered her first child 8 days prior to the event and she had been lactating. Numerous short runs of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation resolved with aggressive replacement of magnesium and elimination of breast-feeding.

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Jul 12, 2011·Journal of Medical Case Reports·Nilgün GüdücüHerman Işçi
Dec 13, 2005·European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology·Barbara BauceAndrea Nava

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