Spectrum of cardiac manifestations from aconitine poisoning
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Swetha P. Karturi, MD, Hjalti Gudmundsson, MD, Masood Akhtar, MD, Arshad Jahangir, MD, Indrajit Choudhuri, MD From the Gundersen-Lutheran Health, La Crosse, Wisconsin, Aurora Cardiovascular Services, Aurora Sinai/Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Centers, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Center for Integrative Research on Cardiovascular Aging (CIRCA), Aurora Research Institute, Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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