Myocarditis following envenoming with Vipera palaestinae in two horses.
Cardiac disease developed several days to weeks after resolution of local inflammation caused by envenoming by Vipera palaestinae in two horses. In one horse (case A), referred to the hospital for recurrent abdominal pain 8 days after envenoming, a tachyarrhythmia was detected; ventricular premature depolarizations were diagnosed by ECG. A second horse (case B) was found dead without premonitory signs 60 days after envenoming. In both horses, there was extensive necrosis of cardiac ventricular tissues.
Hoffman
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Veterinary School of Medicine, Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel.
Levi
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Orgad
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U
Nyska
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A
D000818:Animals; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000662:veterinary; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology*; D006736:Horses; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009336:Necrosis / Q000473:pathology; D012909:Snake Bites / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017819:Viperidae