Acute Myocardial Infarction After Russell's Viper (Daboia russelii) Bite

R M M K Namal Rathnayaka; P E A Nishanthi Ranathunga; S A M Kularatne

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2022.04.013

Acute Myocardial Infarction After Russell's Viper (Daboia russelii) Bite

Am J Cardiol. 2022 Jul 15:175:175-178. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2022.04.013. Epub 2022 May 12.

Authors

R M M K Namal Rathnayaka¹, P E A Nishanthi Ranathunga², S A M Kularatne³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Hidellana, Ratnapura, Sri Lanka; Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science; Intensive care unit. Electronic address: namal@med.sab.ac.lk.
² Medical Unit, Teaching Hospital, Hidellana, Ratnapura, Sri Lanka.
³ Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

PMID: 35568568
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2022.04.013

Abstract

Russell's viper (Daboia russelii) is a deadly venomous snake that causes most snakebite deaths in Sri Lanka. It is widely distributed all over the country, and it commonly causes venom-induced consumption coagulopathy and neuroparalysis. Cardiotoxic manifestations after Russell's viper bites are rare. We report a 60-year-old man diagnosed with ST-elevation myocardial infarction after a proved Russell's viper bite.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Animals
Daboia*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction* / diagnosis
Myocardial Infarction* / etiology
Snake Bites* / complications
Snake Bites* / diagnosis
Sri Lanka
Viper Venoms / toxicity

Substances

Viper Venoms