Improvement in a patient suffering from cardiac injury due to severe hydrogen sulfide poisoning: a long-term examination of the process of recovery of heart failure by performing nuclear medicine study.
In 2008, 1,007 cases of suicide in which hydrogen sulfide was used as a suicidal agent were reported in Japan, and this has become a serious social problem. Here, we report the successful revival of a patient suffering from a severe disturbance of consciousness and respiratory failure caused by hydrogen sulfide poisoning; further, his condition was complicated by myocardial infarction. This is an important case where we examined the tendency toward improvement in myocardial damage in a patient in the acute phase of severe hydrogen sulfide poisoning who was treated for approximately 6 months.
Amino
Mari
M
Department of Cardiology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara. mariam@is.icc.u-tokai.ac.jp
Yoshioka
Koichiro
K
Suzuki
Yosuke
Y
Uemura
Shunryo
S
Sakurai
Keiji
K
Fukushima
Tomokazu
T
Morita
Seiji
S
Otsuka
Hiroyuki
H
Nakagawa
Yoshihide
Y
Yamamoto
Isotoshi
I
Kodama
Itsuo
I
Inokuchi
Sadaki
S
Tanabe
Teruhisa
T
D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine; D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005227:Fatty Acids; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006862:Hydrogen Sulfide / Q000506:poisoning*; D007462:Iodobenzenes; D008297:Male; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D013997:Time Factors
D005227:Fatty Acids; D007462:Iodobenzenes; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; C049338:iodofiltic acid; D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine; C078700:technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin; D006862:Hydrogen Sulfide