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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE
Volume 64, Issue 5-6, Pages 280-282Publisher
AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2001.64.280
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Myocardial infarction is a rare complication of snakebite. The present report describes a 40-year-old Jordanian farmer who developed an acute myocardial infarction several hours after a snakebite. The diagnosis of myocardial infarction was confirmed by a typical history of retrosternal chest pain, characteristic electrocardiographic changes, and elevated serum creatinine kinase (MB-CK). The patient had no risk factors for coronary artery disease and the coronary arteries were normal on cardiac catheterization. The possible mechanisms leading to myocardial infarction following snakebite are discussed.
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