Mechanisms Involving Myocardial Injury in Tropical Stings and Bites

It is known that a number of toxic substances produce myocardial injury by several mechanisms involving interruption of coronary blood flow due to stimulation of clotting mechanism and coronary vasospasm. Number of toxic substances may cause direct myocardial toxicity independent of coronary blood f...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kumanan, Thirunavukarasu, Guruparan, Mahesan, Vithiya, Ratnasamy, Gawarammana, Indika
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5688371/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29230332
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4960505
Descripción
Sumario:It is known that a number of toxic substances produce myocardial injury by several mechanisms involving interruption of coronary blood flow due to stimulation of clotting mechanism and coronary vasospasm. Number of toxic substances may cause direct myocardial toxicity independent of coronary blood flow. Acute myocardial injury due to stings and bites is a rare entity and not well understood. Here we illustrate a case of myocardial injury due to Russell's viper envenomation.

Ejemplares similares