Abstract
Introduction Cardiac events are rarely associated with ophidian accidents, especially those involving snakes of the Elapidae family. We report on a snake bite victim who, within a few hours after the accident, developed myocardial infarction in the inferior wall with good clinical evolution. […] Myocardial Infarction after Snake Bite
Highlights
Cardiac events are rarely associated with ophidian accidents, especially those involving snakes of the Elapidae family
Snake bite marks were identified in the index finger of the right hand (Figure 1), after which he was medicated with analgesics and elapid snake antivenom
Coronary angioplasty with bare-metal stent was performed in the right coronary artery (Figure 2), but due to the high thrombotic load, Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) II flow and myocardial blush 2-3, tirofiban was indicated and he was referred to the coronary intensive care unit
Summary
Cardiac events are rarely associated with ophidian accidents, especially those involving snakes of the Elapidae family. We report on a snake bite victim who, within a few hours after the accident, developed myocardial infarction in the inferior wall with good clinical evolution
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