title: Myocardial damage after a scorpion sting: long-term echocardiographic follow-up.
abstract: A seven-year-old girl, stung by a scorpion, was hospitalized in a confused state with signs of myocarditis and pulmonary edema. In spite of clinical improvement within 24 h, 14 serial echocardiograms and electrocardiograms performed during a four-month period showed severe changes. There have been no previously published reports of echocardiographic studies showing myocardial changes after a scorpion sting.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Cardiology, Bikur Cholim General Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brand
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Keren
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kerem
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Reifen
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Branski
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000997:Antivenins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D002648:Child; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012605:Scorpions
chemical_list: D000997:Antivenins