Acute Myocardial Infarction in Snake bite Envenomation – A Case Report

Authors

  • NS Neki Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Govt. Medical College and Guru Nank Dev Hospital, Amritsar, 143001

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/jom.v16i1.22401

Keywords:

Snake bite, Myocardial infarction, Russell viper.

Abstract

Snake bite envenomation is a common problem in tropical countries, especially in rural parts of India. We came across a 30 year old male who presented to the hospital after 4 hours with history of Russells viper snake bite developing acute non ST elevation myocardial infarction (MI). Myocardial infarction was confirmed by history of left sided chest pain radiating to left arm with diaphoresis and electrocardiographic changes with increased serum troponin levels. Myocardial infarction is a rare complication of snake bite hence case report.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jom.v16i1.22401

J MEDICINE 2015; 16 : 46-47

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Published

2015-02-25

How to Cite

Neki, N. (2015). Acute Myocardial Infarction in Snake bite Envenomation – A Case Report. Journal of Medicine, 16(1), 46–47. https://doi.org/10.3329/jom.v16i1.22401

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 1 (2015)

Section

Case Reports

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