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Severe hypercalcaemia can produce an electrocardiographic pattern that mimics an acute myocardial infarction without causing an elevation in cardiac enzymes.
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Highlights that severe hypercalcaemia should be considered in the differential diagnosis of electrocardiographic patterns mimicking acute myocardial infarction.
Wesson et al. (2009) studied this question. Severe hypercalcaemia can produce an electrocardiographic pattern that mimics an acute myocardial infarction without causing an elevation in cardiac enzymes.
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