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Successful treatment of aconitine induced life threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmia with amiodarone
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- Published on: 4 December 2000
- Published on: 4 December 2000Magnesium as therapy for aconitine poisoningDear Editor,Show More
We read with interest the ‘electronic’ case report posted recently by Yeih and colleagues on aconitine poisoning.[1] They describe in detail the mechanism by which aconitine is purported to cause severe cardiotoxicity. We recently encountered a patient who had taken aconite in an attempted suicide. A magnesium sulphate infusion was employed with apparent success.
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