Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation due to Venomous Snake Bite
Snake bites are common all around the world with a great prevalence in South Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Although they are associated with common complications such as local swelling, bleeding at site of bite, coagulopathy, etc., few rare cardiac complications such as myocardial infarctions...
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| author | Samarth Virmani Rama Bhat Raghavendra Rao Raahat Kapur Savio Dsouza |
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| description | Snake bites are common all around the world with a great prevalence in South Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Although they
are associated with common complications such as local swelling, bleeding at site of bite, coagulopathy, etc., few rare cardiac
complications such as myocardial infarctions and arrhythmias have also been described in literature. The following is a case report
of a patient who had a snake bite with a Russell’s viper which resulted in atrial fibrillation, which resolved on treatment with anti
snake venom. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5c9ffa60c44f423b8b918cabb9796c3a2022-12-22T03:14:20ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2017-06-01116OD01OD0210.7860/JCDR/2017/27553.9971Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation due to Venomous Snake BiteSamarth Virmani0Rama Bhat1Raghavendra Rao2Raahat Kapur3Savio Dsouza4Intern, Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India.Professor, Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India.Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India.Intern, Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India.Senior Resident, Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India.Snake bites are common all around the world with a great prevalence in South Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Although they are associated with common complications such as local swelling, bleeding at site of bite, coagulopathy, etc., few rare cardiac complications such as myocardial infarctions and arrhythmias have also been described in literature. The following is a case report of a patient who had a snake bite with a Russell’s viper which resulted in atrial fibrillation, which resolved on treatment with anti snake venom.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/9971/27553_CE(RA1)_F(T)_PF1(PrGGH)_PFA(P_PrG).pdfarrhythmiacardiotoxicityviper |
| spellingShingle | Samarth Virmani Rama Bhat Raghavendra Rao Raahat Kapur Savio Dsouza Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation due to Venomous Snake Bite Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research arrhythmia cardiotoxicity viper |
| title | Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation due to Venomous Snake Bite |
| title_full | Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation due to Venomous Snake Bite |
| title_fullStr | Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation due to Venomous Snake Bite |
| title_full_unstemmed | Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation due to Venomous Snake Bite |
| title_short | Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation due to Venomous Snake Bite |
| title_sort | paroxysmal atrial fibrillation due to venomous snake bite |
| topic | arrhythmia cardiotoxicity viper |
| url | https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/9971/27553_CE(RA1)_F(T)_PF1(PrGGH)_PFA(P_PrG).pdf |
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