Slade J, Baja A, Al Zaki A, Auerbach P, Rodriguez F. Wilderness Cardiology: A Case of Envenomation-Associated Cardiotoxicity Following a Rattlesnake Bite.
Cardiol Ther 2021;
10:271-276. [PMID:
33620669 PMCID:
PMC8126537 DOI:
10.1007/s40119-021-00215-9]
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Abstract
Cardiac injury is infrequently described as a complication of snake bite envenomation. We present the case of a 62-year-old male with shortness of breath, right lower extremity edema, and elevated cardiac troponin 6 days after a Northern Pacific rattlesnake bite.
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