Affiliation:
1. N.V. Sklifosovsky Research Institute for Emergency Medicine of the Moscow Health Department
Abstract
Acute chlorine gas poisoning leads to activation of the sympathetic nervous system and, as a consequence, dysfunction of the cardiovascular system (CVS). We report a clinical case of toxic myocardial injury with gaseous chlorine. In a man with coronary artery disease and polypathy, toxic myocardial injury mimicked acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and was accompanied by a large area of left ventricular microvascular dysfunction, which did not coincide with the areas of blood supply of altered coronary arteries; the dynamics of electrocardiographic changes resembled myocardial stunning in Takotsubo syndrome (TS). The effect of chlorine on CVS, features of clinical and instrumental diagnostics and differentiation of primary / secondary CT and ACS are discussed.
Publisher
The Scientific and Practical Society of Emergency Medicine Physicians
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