Acute myocardial infarction and cerebrovascular accident in a young girl after a viper bite.
A 17-year-old girl developed an acute myocardial infarction immediately after being bitten by a viper and four days later she had a cerebrovascular accident. The close clinical and laboratory follow-up of this case suggested that myocardial damage could be attributed to a direct cardiotoxic effect of the venom, while the brain injury that subsequently appeared was probably the result of a disseminated intravascular coagulopathy, possibly in conjunction with vasculitis.
D000293:Adolescent; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D012909:Snake Bites / Q000150:complications*; D014757:Viper Venoms / Q000506:poisoning
D014757:Viper Venoms