Non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction after a wasp sting

We report a case of a 56-year-old woman with loss of conscious transferred to the cardiology unit where non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction was diagnosed. The patient reported a wasp sting a few minutes before the accident. The cardiac troponin level was high and confirmed damage of the heart mus...

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Autores principales: Gawlik, Radoslaw, Pezold, Marcin, Bożek, Andrzej
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4171673/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25254013
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/pdia.2014.40977
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description We report a case of a 56-year-old woman with loss of conscious transferred to the cardiology unit where non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction was diagnosed. The patient reported a wasp sting a few minutes before the accident. The cardiac troponin level was high and confirmed damage of the heart muscle. Finally, echocardiography and myocardial perfusion scintigraphy revealed an ejection fraction of 50% with hypokinesia of posterior walls. Cardiac consequences of the insect venom sting are discussed in this article.
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spelling pubmed-41716732014-09-24 Non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction after a wasp sting Gawlik, Radoslaw Pezold, Marcin Bożek, Andrzej Postepy Dermatol Alergol Case Report We report a case of a 56-year-old woman with loss of conscious transferred to the cardiology unit where non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction was diagnosed. The patient reported a wasp sting a few minutes before the accident. The cardiac troponin level was high and confirmed damage of the heart muscle. Finally, echocardiography and myocardial perfusion scintigraphy revealed an ejection fraction of 50% with hypokinesia of posterior walls. Cardiac consequences of the insect venom sting are discussed in this article. Termedia Publishing House 2014-09-08 2014-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4171673/ /pubmed/25254013 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/pdia.2014.40977 Text en Copyright © 2014 Termedia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4171673/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25254013
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/pdia.2014.40977
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