A Case of Aconite Intoxication and Recurrent Ventricular Arrhythmia without Apparent Myocardial Damage after 20,680 Joules DC Shock.
10.4070/kcj.1997.27.7.780
- Author:
Young Ju JIN
;
Ji Hyun LEE
;
Jae Hong CHOI
;
Byoung Gue NA
;
Gi Byoung NAM
;
Dong Woon KIM
;
Jae Ho EARM
;
Myeong Chan CHO
;
Seung Taik KIM
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Aconie;
Ventricular tachyarrhythmia;
DC shock;
Myocardial damage
- MeSH:
Aconitine;
Aconitum*;
Adult;
Alkaloids;
Animal Experimentation;
Arrhythmias, Cardiac*;
Dizziness;
Dysuria;
Gout;
Hemodynamics;
Humans;
Medicine, East Asian Traditional;
Metabolism;
Nausea;
Neuralgia;
Poisons;
Rheumatic Diseases;
Shock*;
Tachycardia;
Tachycardia, Ventricular;
Torsades de Pointes;
Ventricular Fibrillation;
Vomiting
- From:Korean Circulation Journal
1997;27(7):780-786
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The aconite root has been used in oriental medicine to improve metabolism of debilitated patient and to cure acute dysuria, cardiac weakness, gout, neuralgias and rheumatism. The crude drug "bu-shi" or "cho-oh", which is obtained from the Aconitum roots, contains the potent poisons aconitine, mesaconitine, jesaconitine, and hypaconitine, which are C
