Intoxication with Taxus Baccata: Cardiac arrhythmias following yew leaves ingestion

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4 I, 2002, Pages 511-512

  Willaert, Willem ^a   Claessens, Philip ^a   Vankelecom, Bart ^a   Vanderheyden, Marc ^a,b  

^a IMELDA HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Poisoning; Taxus; Yew

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIDOTE; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; PLANT TOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CASE REPORT; DIGOXIN BLOOD LEVEL; DIURESIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; PLANT INTOXICATION; PLANT LEAF; RESUSCITATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TAXUS; TAXUS BACCATA;

EID: 0036226753     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.00511.x     Document Type: Article

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3. Deliberate self-harm using yew leaves (Taxus baccata)
4. Fatal taxine poisoning from yew leaf ingestion
5. Fatal cardiac arrhythmias and shock following yew leaves ingestion
6. A classical way of committing suicide: With Taxus Baccata