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ArticleJournal of cardiology cases2024

Naphazoline intoxication with transient QT prolongation and acute myocardial injury.

Hiroki Uehara, Dai Taguchi, Toshiaki Osanai, Yutaro Oe, Takaki Yoshimura, Shinichi Yashiro, Takahiro Gunji, Masaki Okuyama

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Article in Journal of cardiology cases, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hiroki UeharaDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kin-ikyo Chuo Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
Dai TaguchiDepartment of Emergency, Kin-ikyo Chuo Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
Toshiaki OsanaiDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kin-ikyo Chuo Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
Yutaro OeDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kin-ikyo Chuo Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
Takaki YoshimuraDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kin-ikyo Chuo Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
Shinichi YashiroDepartment of Pathology, Kin-ikyo Chuo Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
Takahiro GunjiDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kin-ikyo Chuo Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
Masaki OkuyamaDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kin-ikyo Chuo Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
Kin-ikyo Chuo Hospital · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 27-year-old Japanese woman with a history of depression and an eating disorder presented to our emergency department with a chief complaint of generalized weakness. Electrocardiography showed prominent QT prolongation with multiple ventricular contractions. Chest X-ray plain computed tomography revealed pulmonary edema. Echocardiography showed decreased left ventricular systolic function. Suspecting acute myocarditis, we performed a myocardial biopsy from the right ventricular septum. The biopsy histology revealed extensive myocardial fibrosis and a very mild inflammatory cell infiltrate. In an additional detailed medical interview, the patient admitted that she had consumed three bottles of a first-aid liquid containing naphazoline approximately ~12 h before her presentation, in a suicide attempt. Her QTc and left ventricular ejection fraction improved during hospitalization. Learning objective: Acute drug intoxication can cause QT prolongation and ventricular arrhythmias, cardiomyopathy, and pulmonary edema. When acute QT prolongation, myocardial damage, and pulmonary edema are seen (suggesting acute myocarditis), naphazoline intoxication should be investigated in the differential diagnosis.

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Long-QT syndromeMyocardial biopsyNaphazoline intoxicationPulmonary edemaReversible cardiomyopathy

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PMID38188313
PMCPMC10770086
OpenAlexW4387097998

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