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. 2022 Jun;26(6):492-494.
doi: 10.5152/AnatolJCardiol.2022.1463.

An Unexpected Cause of Cardiotoxicity: Kombucha Tea

Ali Uğur Soysal  1 , Zafer Akman  1 , Ali Egemen Koroğlu  1 , Hakan Yalman  1 , Damla Koca  1
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An Unexpected Cause of Cardiotoxicity: Kombucha Tea

Ali Uğur Soysal et al. Anatol J Cardiol. 2022 Jun.
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Figure 1.
The electrocadiography at the admission
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Figure 2.
(A) Normal right coronary artery. (B) Normal left coronary system.
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Figure 3.
Normal ventriculography.
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Figure 4.
Last ECG showing ventricular tachycardia
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