High Prevalence of Prolonged QT Interval Duration in Male Patients with Cushing's Disease - Concepedia

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High Prevalence of Prolonged QT Interval Duration in Male Patients with Cushing's Disease

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2011

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F. Pecori Giraldi, Paola Maria Toja, Georgios Michailidis, A. Metinidou, Martina De Martin, Massimo Scacchi, Marco Stramba‐Badiale, F. Cavagnini

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology & Diabetes

Abstract

Male patients with Cushing's disease present prolongation of QT interval which may lead to measurements associated with high risk for ventricular arrhythmias. Both low testosterone levels and hypokalemia appear to contribute to long QT in men with Cushing's disease.