title: Case report: Acute myocardial infarction complicating a viper bite.
abstract: Myocardial infarction is a rare complication of snakebite. The present report describes a 40-year-old Jordanian farmer who developed an acute myocardial infarction several hours after a snakebite. The diagnosis of myocardial infarction was confirmed by a typical history of retrosternal chest pain, characteristic electrocardiographic changes, and elevated serum creatinine kinase (MB-CK). The patient had no risk factors for coronary artery disease and the coronary arteries were normal on cardiac catheterization. The possible mechanisms leading to myocardial infarction following snakebite are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine Department, Princess Basma Teaching Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid. inessultan@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Saadeh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012909:Snake Bites / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017819:Viperidae