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Direct diabetogenic effect of diltiazem ?
Author(s) -
IVERSEN E.,
JEPPESEN D.,
STEENSGAARDHANSEN F.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.625
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1365-2796
pISSN - 0954-6820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2796.1990.tb00160.x
Subject(s) - diltiazem , medicine , ischaemic heart disease , diabetes mellitus , cardiology , surgery , endocrinology , calcium
. In the reported case history, a normotensive and non‐diabetic patient with ischaemic heart disease was treated twice with diltiazem. On both occasions diabetes mellitus developed within a few days; at first this was fully reversible, but on the last occasion it was irreversible.