digoxin and Hypercalcemia

digoxin has been researched along with Hypercalcemia* in 6 studies

Reviews

3 review(s) available for digoxin and Hypercalcemia

ArticleYear
Digoxin, hypercalcaemia, and cardiac conduction.
    Postgraduate medical journal, 1999, Volume: 75, Issue:887

    The cardiac effects of hypercalcaemia are usually manifest as a shortening of the QT-interval. Hypercalcaemia is infrequently associated with a clinically manifest arrhythmia. However, concomitant therapy with digoxin or underlying cardiac disease can potentiate the arrhythmogenic effects of hypercalcaemia, leading to a symptomatic rhythm disorder. We describe a symptomatic arrhythmia, which developed in a patient with hypercalcaemia secondary to squamous cell carcinoma of the bronchus. The patient was on digoxin therapy at the time. The arrhythmia did not recur after discontinuation of digoxin therapy and correction of the hypercalcaemia. Because of its effect on cardiac conduction, hypercalcaemia should be considered in the evaluation of any patient with an unexplained bradyarrhythmia. Conversely, patients with hypercalcaemia should discontinue digoxin therapy and be evaluated for the presence of rhythm disorders while receiving appropriate treatment for hypercalcaemia.

    Topics: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; Bradycardia; Bronchial Neoplasms; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell; Contraindications; Digoxin; Female; Humans; Hypercalcemia

1999
[Digitalis intoxication. Recent views on etiology and evaluation].
    Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946), 1975, Apr-11, Volume: 100, Issue:15

    Topics: Age Factors; Calcium; Digitalis Glycosides; Digitoxin; Digoxin; Drug Interactions; Humans; Hypercalcemia; Hypokalemia; Intestinal Absorption; Methods; Potassium; Saliva; Suicide

1975
Congestive heart failure.
    Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association, 1974, Volume: 14, Issue:7

    Topics: Age Factors; Creatinine; Diet; Digitalis; Digitalis Glycosides; Digitoxin; Digoxin; Diuretics; Heart Failure; Humans; Hypercalcemia; Hypokalemia; Kidney; Kinetics; Liver; Magnesium; Ouabain; Plants, Medicinal; Plants, Toxic; Rest; Thyroid Gland; Time Factors

1974

Other Studies

3 other study(ies) available for digoxin and Hypercalcemia

ArticleYear
[Acute digoxin-intoxication. A case report].
    Tidsskrift for den Norske laegeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny raekke, 1973, Dec-30, Volume: 93, Issue:35

    Topics: Acute Disease; Arrhythmias, Cardiac; Bradycardia; Digoxin; Electrocardiography; Humans; Hypercalcemia; Male; Middle Aged; Nausea; Suicide; Vomiting

1973
Misuse of digitalis to mimic heart disease.
    The American journal of cardiology, 1971, Volume: 28, Issue:1

    Topics: Adult; Diagnosis, Differential; Digitalis Glycosides; Digoxin; Electrocardiography; Endocarditis, Subacute Bacterial; Female; Humans; Hypercalcemia; Hyperkalemia; Prednisone; Rheumatic Heart Disease; Substance-Related Disorders

1971
Hypercalcemia, heart-block, and hyperthyroidism.
    JAMA, 1970, Aug-24, Volume: 213, Issue:8

    Topics: Arrhythmia, Sinus; Calcium; Digoxin; Female; Heart Block; Humans; Hypercalcemia; Hyperthyroidism; Middle Aged; Procainamide

1970