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Reversible intraventricular conduction defect in aconitine poisoning.
Chinese medicine plays an important role in providing medical care for people in countries with large Chinese communities, including Hong Kong. The aconite herb is one of the commonly-prescribed ingredients for various clinical problems. However, due to its narrow therapeutic index, toxicities are not uncommonly encountered, including life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias like ventricular arrhyt...
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INTRODUCTION Aconitine is a highly toxic diterpenoid alkaloid, produced by plants of the Aconitum genus, that is still used in Chinese herbal medicines. Aconitine poisoning remains common in China and other parts of Asia. CASE REPORT A 48-year-old man received a diagnosis of aconitine poisoning after ingesting herbal medicinal wine made with caowu, which is made from Aconitum kusnezoffii root...
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Renewed interest in the pharmacological action of aconitine has followed the work of Sherf (1947), Prinzmetal et al. (1950 and 1951), and Brown and Acheson (1952). Its use in experimental medicine produces stimulus formation in the dog's heart with auricular tachycardia and in certain circumstances ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation: it has become a useful tool in the hands of the researc...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1958
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.5099.779