Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) Treated with Snake Antivenom.
Waleed Awad SalemMohamed Gafar AbdelrahimLayth Al MajmaieMohammed DahdahaFaten Al-BakriAmr ElmoheenPublished in: Case reports in emergency medicine (2021)
Cardiac complications following snakebites are uncommon but fatal. Here, we discuss a case of a snakebite that led to acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Forty-five-year-old male presented to the emergency room with snakebite on the right middle finger. He was given symptomatic treatment and admitted for observation. His vital signs and initial investigations were normal except for the white blood count that was high. During observation, he developed vomiting and bradycardia. He was diagnosed with a right bundle branch block on ECG. The patient developed chest pain after a few hours and was diagnosed with AMI on ECG. The toxicology team started antivenom therapy. His troponin kept rising initially but later started coming down without percutaneous intervention (PCI). He was treated successfully with antivenom therapy and discharged.
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