Citation

Rodríguez Blanco VM, Rodríguez Suárez ML, Möller Bustinza I, Castellanos Martínez E, Puebla Rojo V, Barriales Alvarez V, Cortina Llosa A. Rev. Esp. Cardiol. 1993; 46(12): 837-839.

Vernacular Title

Intento de autolisis con verapamilo oral: presentacion de un caso.

Affiliation

Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Central de Asturias, Facultad de Medicina, Oviedo.

Comment In:

Rev Esp Cardiol 1994;47(11):780

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8134697

Abstract

We report a case of a 29-years-old patient who tried to commit suicide by taking a high dose of verapamil (22 pills containing 240 mg, each, equivalent to 5.28 g). Ten hours after the ingestion he presented a complete atrioventricular heart block which was resolved with medical treatment presenting a normal ECG 36 hours later. To our knowledge this is the only published case of intoxication caused by such a high dose of verapamil.

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