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  • Title: Lithium intoxication causing ST segment elevation and wandering atrial rhythms in an elderly patient.
    Author: Kayrak M, Ari H, Duman C, Gul EE, Ak A, Atalay H.
    Journal: Cardiol J; 2010; 17(4):404-7. PubMed ID: 20690099.
    Abstract:
    Lithium overdoses causing cardiotoxicity are uncommon and electrocardiographic changes suggesting myocardial ischemia are rare. However, some authors have specifically reported the occurrence of ischemic electrocardiography changes due to a lithium overdose. This paper describes a case where electrocardiography changes mimic inferior myocardial infarction during the course of chronic lithium treatment in an elderly patient. The patient's electrocardiography changes were partially resolved after hemodialysis.
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