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  • Title: Beer, hyponatraemia and cardiac conduction defects.
    Author: Mifsud S, Schembri EL, Mercieca Balbi M, Gruppetta M, Clark J.
    Journal: BMJ Case Rep; 2018 Mar 14; 2018():. PubMed ID: 29540351.
    Abstract:
    The authors report a case of a 68-year-old man who was diagnosed with an irreversible second-degree atrioventricular (AV) Mobitz II 2:1 block temporally associated with profound hyponatraemia. The cause of the hyponatraemia was beer potomania. The co-occurrence of reversible first, second and third-degree heart blocks and hyponatraemia has been described in a few published case reports. However, this case is noteworthy as the AV block persisted, despite correction of serum sodium concentration as opposed to other published cases, which meant that the patient required a permanent pacemaker.
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