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Int J Occup Med Environ Health

Title:		Cardiotoxic effect due to accidental ingestion of an organic solvent
Author(s):		Cieslik-Guerra UI; Rechcinski T; Trzos E; Wierzbowska-Drabik K; Uznanska-Loch B; Winnicka R; Krakowiak A; Kasprzak JD; Frohlich C; Kurpesa M;
Address:		"Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland (Chair and Department of Cardiology, Bieganski Hospital). cieursz@wp.pl. Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland (Chair and Department of Cardiology, Bieganski Hospital). Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz Poland (Toxicological Laboratory). Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz, Poland (Toxicology Unit). Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland (Faculty of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry)"
Journal Title:		Int J Occup Med Environ Health
Year:		2015
Volume:		28
Issue:		1
Page Number:		174 - 179
DOI:		10.13075/ijomeh.1896.00257
ISSN/ISBN:		1896-494X (Electronic) 1232-1087 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Toxic myocardial injury can be misdiagnosed as a myocardial infarction, resulting in the patient undergoing standard treatment for cardiac rehabilitation. However, such inadequate therapeutic strategies can lead to cardiovascular complications including dilated cardiomyopathy. This study presents a case of a 65-year-old man after accidental ingestion of organic solvents (toluene and xylene), whose condition demonstrated all the criteria for diagnosis of myocardial infarction. The qualitative determinations of the above mentioned volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in whole blood were carried out using a headspace sampling by means of gas chromatography. Cardiac catheterization revealed no specific coronary lesions, only a muscular bridge causing a 30-50% stenosis in the middle of the circumflex branch of the left coronary artery"
Keywords:		Aged Cardiotoxicity/*etiology/physiopathology Humans Male Solvents/*poisoning Toluene/*poisoning Xylenes/*poisoning cardiotoxicity miocardial infarction poisoning toluene volatile organic compounds xylene;
Notes:		"MedlineCieslik-Guerra, Urszula Izabela Rechcinski, Tomasz Trzos, Ewa Wierzbowska-Drabik, Karina Uznanska-Loch, Barbara Winnicka, Renata Krakowiak, Anna Kasprzak, Jaroslaw Damian Frohlich, Colin Kurpesa, Malgorzata eng Case Reports Poland 2015/07/15 Int J Occup Med Environ Health. 2015; 28(1):174-9. doi: 10.13075/ijomeh.1896.00257"