Myxœdema

Report:

Sinus rhythm 67/min

PR interval 0.22”

Small voltage, frontal leads

Borderline QT prolongation

Comment:

This is a rather unremarkable trace. The patient, however, had severe myxoedema, bordering on coma. One should not look to ECG for signs of severity of hypothyroidism - not even bradycardia may be present!

The CPK (of skeletal muscle origin) is commonly raised in advanced myxœdema140.

197. 59 year old man following left upper lobectomy.

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