Atrial Fibrillation Due to Oral Methylprednisolone in a Patient with Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis

Acta Medica

Erdogan Ilkay¹  Murat Pekdemir²  Ayhan Dogukan³  Ali Ihsan Gunal³  Orhan K. Poyrazoglu³  Metin Ozgen³ 

[1] Firat University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Elazig, Turkey;Firat University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Elazig, Turkey;Firat University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nephrology, Elazig, Turkey;

关键词: Atrial fibrillation;    Oral methylprednisolone;   

DOI  :  10.14712/18059694.2017.34

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Cardiac adverse effects of intravenous pulse methylprednisolone administration are well known, but there is little information about the cardiac side effects of oral methylprednisolone in the literature. We present a 41 year-old man with membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis in whom developed atrial fibrillation after oral methylprednisolone therapy.

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