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Diurnal Differences in Risk of Cardiac Arrhythmias During Spontaneous Hypoglycemia in Young People With Type 1 Diabetes
Author(s) -
Peter Novodvorský,
Alan Bernjak,
Elaine Chow,
Ahmed Iqbal,
L. Sellors,
S. Williams,
Robert A. Fawdry,
Bhavin Parekh,
Richard Jacques,
Jefferson Luiz Brum Marques,
Paul Sheridan,
Simon Heller
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
diabetes care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.636
H-Index - 363
eISSN - 1935-5548
pISSN - 0149-5992
DOI - 10.2337/dc16-2177
Subject(s) - medicine , hypoglycemia , diabetes mellitus , type 2 diabetes , circadian rhythm , cardiology , endocrinology
Hypoglycemia may exert proarrhythmogenic effects on the heart via sympathoadrenal stimulation and hypokalemia. Hypoglycemia-induced cardiac dysrhythmias are linked to the "dead-in-bed syndrome," a rare but devastating condition. We examined the effect of nocturnal and daytime clinical hypoglycemia on electrocardiogram (ECG) in young people with type 1 diabetes.

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