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. 2016:2016:9204790.
doi: 10.1155/2016/9204790. Epub 2016 May 25.

Severe Cardiomyopathy after Huffing Dust-Off™

Alexis L Cates  1 , Matthew D Cook  2
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Severe Cardiomyopathy after Huffing Dust-Off™

Alexis L Cates et al. Case Rep Emerg Med. 2016.

Abstract

A 34-year-old man was found down in a parking lot after huffing fifteen cans of Dust-Off. Though lucid during the initial hospital evaluation, the patient experienced a generalized seizure followed by a torsades de pointes arrhythmia and was resuscitated. An echocardiogram revealed left and right ventricular dysfunction with an ejection fraction of 25%. This unique outcome of inhalant abuse has scarcely been reported in similar cases. The patient fully recovered and had a normal ejection fraction prior to discharge.

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ECG displaying sinus tachycardia.
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Rhythm strip showing torsades de pointes.
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