Atrioventricular block induced by mad-honey intoxication: Confirmation of diagnosis by pollen analysis

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 342-344

  Cagli, Kumral Ergun ^a,c   Tufekcioglu, Omac ^a   Sen, Nihat ^a   Aras, Dursun ^a   Topaloglu, Serkan ^a   Basar, Nur ^a   Pehlivan, Sevil ^b  

^a TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Turan Gunes Bulvari ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atropine therapeutic use; Bradycardia chemically induced; Diterpenes poisoning; Food poisoning complications diagnosis therapy; Heart block chemically induced; Honey poisoning; Hypotension chemically induced; Ion channels drug effects; Muscarinic antagonists therapeutic use; Plants, toxic poisoning; Pollen analysis; Rhododendron; Syncope chemically induced; Toxins, biological

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; GRAYANOTOXIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CHESTNUT; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; DIZZINESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOOD POISONING; HOLTER MONITORING; HONEY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAD HONEY INTOXICATION; MALE; NECTAR; PATIENT MONITORING; POLLEN; POLLEN ANALYSIS; RHODODENDRON; SINUS RHYTHM; SYNCOPE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WEAKNESS;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATROPINE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; HEART RATE; HONEY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLLEN; RHODODENDRON; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

EID: 69749118047     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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