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Cardiac findings in acute yellow oleander poisoning

Jalal Zamani¹, Amir Aslani

¹Cardiology Department, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research

|December 29, 2010

Abstract

Background:

#ENTITYSTARTX02014; The Yellow Oleander is an ornamental tree that is common throughout the tropics. Ingestion of its seeds results in a clinical picture similar to digoxin toxicity.

Objectives:

#ENTITYSTARTX02014; The aim of this study was to evaluate cardiac findings in acute Yellow Oleander poisoning.

Methods And Materials:

#ENTITYSTARTX02014; A total of 21 patients with history of Yellow Oleander ingestion were enrolled in this study.

Results:

#ENTITYSTARTX02014; All symptomatic patients had conduction defects affecting the sinus node, theatrio-ventricular node or both. Patients showing cardiac arrhythmias that required specific management had significantly higher serum potassium concentrations.

Conclusion:

#ENTITYSTARTX02014; Most of the symptomatic patients had conduction defects affecting sinus or atrio-ventricular nodes but few had atrial or ventricular arrhythmias typical of digoxin poisoning.

Keywords:

Digoxin Poisoning Yellow Oleander

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