The EKG in Hypercalcemia

Electrocardiographic findings of hypercalcemia include;


 * 1) A shortening of the QTc interval
 * 2) The decrease is at the expense of the ST segment which becomes shortened or absent.
 * 3) This is true for a serum Ca of up to 16 meq/li, above this level there is QTc prolongation.