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Case Reports
. 2000;27(3):316-7.

The "normothermic" Osborn wave induced by severe hypercalcemia

J Otero  1 , D J Lenihan
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Case Reports

The "normothermic" Osborn wave induced by severe hypercalcemia

J Otero et al. Tex Heart Inst J. 2000.
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Fig. 1 Electrocardiographic readings show the Osborn waves (arrows) in our severely hyper-calcemic patient.
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Fig. 2 After correction of the hypercalcemia, the electrocardiogram was normal.
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