An arrhythmic episode after mercury exposure and successful treatment with chelation therapy: A case report
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People are exposed to mercury in daily life by means of food, batteries, broken thermometers and fluorescent lamps, and amalgam. Neurotoxicity and reproductive toxicity of mercury are well known. However, the relationship between mercury poisoning and its effects on the cardiac conduction system has not been clearly identified. Sodium 2, 3-dimercaptopropane-1-sulfonate (DMPS) is a metal chelating agent approved for oral or intravenous use to treat poisoning with mercury (1). In this case, a patient with neuromuscular symptoms and an arrhythmic episode that started after exposure to mercury and alleviated with DMPS therapy is presented.
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