acute anterolateral myocardial infarction due to aluminum phosphide poisoning
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aluminum phosphide (alp) is a highly effective rodenticide which is used as a suicide poison. herein, a 24 year-old man who’d intentionally ingested about 1liter of alcohol and one tablet of alp is reported. acute myocardial infarction due to alp poisoning has been occurred secondary to aip poisoning. cardiovascular complications are poor prognostic factors in alp poisoning
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journal of cardio-thoracic medicineجلد ۱، شماره ۲، صفحات ۶۷-۷۰
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