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[Ventricular tachycardia secondary to phenylpropanolamine poisoning: apropos a case]
R Barriales Villa1, A Batalla Celorio, J López de la Iglesia
1Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo.
Revista Espanola De Cardiologia
|November 1, 1995
Abstract:
We report a case of a 17-years-old patient with an accidental ingestion of high doses of phenylpropanolamine. Nine hours after the ingestion she presented ventricular bigeminy and an episode of non sustained ventricular tachycardia. No cardiovascular disease was demonstrated.