A 58 -year -old male developed an acute myocardial infarction immediately after being bitten and two days later he had a cerebrovascular accident. The close clinical and laboratory follow -up of this case suggested that myocardial damage could be attributed to a direct cardiotoxic effect of the venom, while the brain injury that subsequently appeared was probably the result of a disseminated intravascular coagulopathy, possibly in conjunction with vasculitis.
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