What do we know about carbon monoxide poisoning and cardiac compromise? Treatment and prognosis

Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is one of the most common types of poisoning and the leading cause of death by poisoning worldwide. Cardiac injury caused by CO poisoning has been little described despite being a predictor of poor prognosis.We present the case of a healthy 24-year-old woman, admitted...

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Main Authors: Rosa Cardiga, Margarida Proença, Carolina Carvalho, Luís Costa, Arturo Botella, Filipa Marques, Carolina Paulino, António Carvalho, Cândida Fonseca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-09-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition)
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2174204915001567