Electrocardiography, arrhytmia and hypoglycemia - state of the art from the point of view of the diabetologist

Abstract

Hypoglycemia increases risk of sudden death in diabetic patients. One of the pathways is QT interval elongation and lowering the treshold of dangerous arrhytmia.

The paper summarizes state of the art in this topic, describes common examination methods and alerts to risk of drugs with potential to induce hypoglycemia.

Keywords

• arrhytmia
• electrocardiography
• long QT
• hypoglycemia