Citation

Maheshwari M, Tanwar CP. Heart Views 2012; 13(1): 16-18.

Affiliation

Department of Cardiology, Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Gulf Heart Association (Qatar))

DOI

10.4103/1995-705X.96663

PMID

22754636

PMCID

PMC3385192

Abstract

A patient with electrocardiographic abnormalities after scorpion sting, simulating early myocardial infarction, is reported here. Pulmonary edema and congestive heart failure accompanied these electrocardiographic changes. The etiology of the cardiovascular manifestations in severe scorpion sting is related to the venom effects on the sympathetic nervous system and the adrenal secretion of catecholamines as well as to the toxic effects of the venom on the myocardium.

Language: en