Key result
Toad venom ingestion triggers severe arrhythmias mimicking digitalis toxicity and hyperkalemia.
Why the study?
Toad toxin has digitalis-like cardioactive effects causing serious arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death, but clinical reports are limited.
Case Report (n=1)
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Toad venom poisoning can mimic digitalis intoxication, presenting with severe arrhythmias such as AV block and ventricular tachycardia.
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Clinicians should consider toad venom in the differential for digitalis-like arrhythmias; this case report leaves open systematic study.
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Hyun et al. (2007) conducted a case report in Toad venom poisoning (n=1). Toad venom (Toad soup) was evaluated on Clinical symptoms and electrocardiographic changes. Ingestion of toad venom resulted in clinical symptoms and electrocardiographic changes resembling digitalis intoxication and hyperkalemia, including atrioventricular block and ventricular tachycardia.
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