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Reversible atrial fibrillation following Crotalinae envenomation
Provedor de dados: Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins Including Tropical Diseases
Autores: Quan,Dan; Zurcher,Kenneth.
Abstract  Background Cardiotoxicity is a documented complication of Crotalinae envenomation. Reported cardiac complications following snake envenomation have included acute myocardial infarction, electrocardiogram abnormalities and arrhythmias. Few reports exist describing arrhythmia induced by viper envenomation and to our knowledge none describe arrhythmia induced by Crotalinae envenomation. This report concerns the first known case of atrial fibrillation precipitated by rattlesnake bite.  Case presentation A 73-year-old Caucasian man with a past medical history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, type 1 diabetes mellitus, and a baseline first-degree atrioventricular block presented to the emergency department following a rattlesnake bite to his left lower...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/report
Palavras-chave: Crotalidae; Rattlesnake; Bite; Envenomation; Snakebite; Atrial fibrillation.
Ano: 2017
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992017000100503