Cardiomyopathy Following Latrodectus Envenomation

Latrodectus envenomations are common throughout the United States and the world. While many envenomations can result in catecholamine release with resultant hypertension and tachycardia, myocarditis is very rare. We describe a case of a 22-year-old male who sustained a Latrodectus envenomation compl...

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Autores principales: Levine, Michael, Canning, Josh, Chase, Robyn, Ruha, Anne-Michelle
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2010
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Toxicology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3027454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21293781
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author Levine, Michael
Canning, Josh
Chase, Robyn
Ruha, Anne-Michelle
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Canning, Josh
Chase, Robyn
Ruha, Anne-Michelle
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description Latrodectus envenomations are common throughout the United States and the world. While many envenomations can result in catecholamine release with resultant hypertension and tachycardia, myocarditis is very rare. We describe a case of a 22-year-old male who sustained a Latrodectus envenomation complicated by cardiomyopathy.
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spelling pubmed-30274542011-02-03 Cardiomyopathy Following Latrodectus Envenomation Levine, Michael Canning, Josh Chase, Robyn Ruha, Anne-Michelle West J Emerg Med Toxicology Latrodectus envenomations are common throughout the United States and the world. While many envenomations can result in catecholamine release with resultant hypertension and tachycardia, myocarditis is very rare. We describe a case of a 22-year-old male who sustained a Latrodectus envenomation complicated by cardiomyopathy. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2010-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3027454/ /pubmed/21293781 Text en Copyright © 2010 the authors. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
spellingShingle Toxicology
Levine, Michael
Canning, Josh
Chase, Robyn
Ruha, Anne-Michelle
Cardiomyopathy Following Latrodectus Envenomation
title Cardiomyopathy Following Latrodectus Envenomation
title_full Cardiomyopathy Following Latrodectus Envenomation
title_fullStr Cardiomyopathy Following Latrodectus Envenomation
title_full_unstemmed Cardiomyopathy Following Latrodectus Envenomation
title_short Cardiomyopathy Following Latrodectus Envenomation
title_sort cardiomyopathy following latrodectus envenomation
topic Toxicology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3027454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21293781
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