Citation

Aravanis C, Ioannidis PJ, Ktenas J. Br. Heart J. 1982; 47(5): 500-503.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1982, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7073914

PMCID

PMC481170

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.

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