Severe Cardiomyopathy after Huffing Dust-Off™.
A 34-year-old man was found down in a parking lot after huffing fifteen cans of Dust-Off. Though lucid during the initial hospital evaluation, the patient experienced a generalized seizure followed by a torsades de pointes arrhythmia and was resuscitated. An echocardiogram revealed left and right ventricular dysfunction with an ejection fraction of 25%. This unique outcome of inhalant abuse has scarcely been reported in similar cases. The patient fully recovered and had a normal ejection fraction prior to discharge.
William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Hattiesburg, MS 39401, USA.
Alexis L
AL
Cates
Department of Emergency Medicine, Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network/USF MCOM, Allentown, PA 18017, USA.
Matthew D
MD
Cook