title: Carbon monoxide toxicity with neurological and cardiac complications.
abstract: A family suffered carbon monoxide toxicity, with cerebral and / or cardiac complications, while sleeping in the cabin on a recreational boat. This article describes a couple exposed to a malfunctioning air-conditioning system on the boat, which subsequently developed the unique combination of cerebral symptoms and a non Q/non-ST elevation myocardial infarction, with enzyme elevations and electrocardiographic abnormalities. This interesting complication of a myocardial infarction secondary to carbon monoxide toxicity, associated with neurological manifestations, is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, Section of Cardiology.
authors.forename: Charles D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000389:Air Conditioning / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002249:Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D003221:Confusion / Q000139:chemically induced; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D012767:Ships; D013997:Time Factors