Severe myocardial depression in a patient with aluminium phosphide poisoning: A clinical, electrocardiographical and histopathological correlation

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-43

  Shah, Viral ^a,b   Baxi, Seema ^a   Vyas, Tanmay ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b New People SocietySubhashnagar   (India)

Author keywords

Aluminium phosphide; Myocardial depression; Myocyte vacuolation; Myocytolysis; Phosphide poisoning

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM PHOSPHIDE; MAGNESIUM; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DRUG INTOXICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; HEART; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL DEPRESSION; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PERICARDITIS; PULSE OXIMETRY; PULSE RATE; QRS COMPLEX; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESUSCITATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYMPTOM; VOMITING;

EID: 67749145257     PISSN: 09725229     EISSN: 1998359X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.53117     Document Type: Article

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