Trichloroethylene and cardiac toxicity: report of two consecutive cases.
About two consecutive cases of acute intoxication by trichloroethylene, the authors want to point out the possible occurrence of serious disturbances in cardiac conduction which are less frequently described in the literature than disturbances in myocardial excitability.
Hantson
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P
Service des Soins Intensifs, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc (U.C.L.), Bruxelles.
Vandenplas
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O
Dive
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A
Mahieu
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P
D000328:Adult; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006327:Heart Block / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012848:Sinoatrial Block / Q000139:chemically induced; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D014241:Trichloroethylene / Q000506:poisoning*
D014241:Trichloroethylene