Snake bite presenting as acute myocardial infarction, ischaemic cerebrovascular accident, acute renal failure and disseminated intravascular coagulopathy.

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2000-11-20
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An unusual presentation of a viperine snake bite presenting with ischaemic damage to the major organs like brain and heart leading to cerebrovascular accident and acute myocardial infarction along with acute renal failure and disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC) is described in this report.
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Upadhyaya AC, Murthy GL, Sahay RK, Srinivasan VR, Shantaram V. Snake bite presenting as acute myocardial infarction, ischaemic cerebrovascular accident, acute renal failure and disseminated intravascular coagulopathy. Journal of the Association of Physicians of India. 2000 Nov; 48(11): 1109-10
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