Abstract

Severe hyperkalemia leads to bilateral calf pain and ECG abnormality in a patient with pacemaker.

Author(s): Bingzhang Jie , Ming Yang, Ling Han, Yan Zhao, Wenze Hu

Hyperkalemia is an electrolyte abnormality that may cause cardiac pacemaker malfunction. Clinically, bilateral calf pain is extremely rare in hyperkalemia. Here we presented a case of a 78-year-old female who had bilateral calf pain with electrocardiographic changes in severe hyperkalemia.

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