Citation

Díaz-Antón B, Alonso-Deniz G, Perez-Vela JL, Molina-Martín de Nicolás J, Rubio-Alonso B, Jurado-Román A, Miguel-Gutierrez A, Martin-Asenjo R. Rev. Port. Cardiol. 2017; 36(2): 143.e1-143.e4.

Affiliation

Department of Cardiology, Hospital 12 octubre, Madrid, Spain.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.repc.2016.04.016

PMID

28159430

Abstract

Poisoning by ingestion of 'Jamaican Stone', a kind of cardioactive steroid, is extremely rare. However, mortality is very high. For this reason, when it occurs, an early and accurate diagnosis represents a critical challenge for clinicians. We present an unusual case of electrical storm caused by this substance.

Copyright © 2016 Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.

Language: pt

Keywords

Bufadienolides; Bufadienolídeos; Cardenolides; Cardenolídeos; Cardioactive steroids; Esteroides cardioativos; Jamaican Stone; Pedra jamaicana