QT Interval in Adult with Chronic Hypokalemia due to Gitelman Syndrome: Not so Frequently Prolonged

Pierre-Yves Courand; Pedro Marques; Rosa Vargas-Poussou; Michel Azizi; Anne Blanchard; GITAB study investigators

doi:10.2215/CJN.07540520

QT Interval in Adult with Chronic Hypokalemia due to Gitelman Syndrome: Not so Frequently Prolonged

Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2020 Nov 6;15(11):1640-1642. doi: 10.2215/CJN.07540520. Epub 2020 Aug 12.

Authors

Pierre-Yves Courand^{1

2

3}, Pedro Marques⁴, Rosa Vargas-Poussou^{5

6

7}, Michel Azizi^{1

8

9

10}, Anne Blanchard^{1

6

8

9}; GITAB study investigators

Affiliations

¹ Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Centre d'Investigation Clinique, Paris, France.
² Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpitaux de la Croix-Rousse et Lyon-Sud, Fédération de Cardiologie, Lyon, France.
³ Université de Lyon, CREATIS Unité Mixte de Recherche 5220, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1044, INSA-15 Lyon, Lyon, France.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, S. João C Hospital, Porto, Portugal.
⁵ Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Service de Génétique, Paris, France.
⁶ Rare Disease Reference Center for Rare Inherited Renal Disease of Adults, Paris, France.
⁷ Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité Mixte de Recherche 970, Paris-Cardiovascular Research Center, Paris, France.
⁸ Université de Paris, Paris, France.
⁹ Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre d'Investigation Clinique Pluridisciplinaire 1418, Paris, France.
¹⁰ Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Hypertension Unit, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.

No abstract available

Keywords: Gitelman-s syndrome; QT interval; electrocardiogram; hypokalemia; magnesium; potassium.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Calcium / blood
Case-Control Studies
Chronic Disease
Electrocardiography
Female
Gitelman Syndrome / complications
Gitelman Syndrome / physiopathology*
Humans
Hypokalemia / etiology
Hypokalemia / physiopathology*
Magnesium / blood
Male
Potassium / blood
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic

Substances

Magnesium
Potassium
Calcium