| Literature DB >> 7073914 |
C Aravanis, P J Ioannidis, J Ktenas.
Abstract
A 17-year-old girl developed an acute myocardial infarction immediately after being bitten by a viper and four days later she had a cerebrovascular accident. The close clinical and laboratory follow-up of this case suggested that myocardial damage could be attributed to a direct cardiotoxic effect of the venom, while the brain injury that subsequently appeared was probably the result of a disseminated intravascular coagulopathy, possibly in conjunction with vasculitis.Entities:
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Year: 1982 PMID: 7073914 PMCID: PMC481170 DOI: 10.1136/hrt.47.5.500
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br Heart J ISSN: 0007-0769