‘Jamaican Stone’: A potentially lethal remedy for delaying ejaculation

Poisoning by ingestion of ‘Jamaican Stone’, a kind of cardioactive steroid, is extremely rare. However, mortality is very high. For this reason, when it occurs, an early and accurate diagnosis represents a critical challenge for clinicians. We present an unusual case of electrical storm caused by th...

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Veröffentlicht in:Revista portuguesa de cardiologia 2017-02, Vol.36 (2), p.143.e1-143.e4
Hauptverfasser: Díaz-Antón, Belén, Alonso-Deniz, Guillermo, Perez-Vela, Jose Luis, Molina-Martín de Nicolás, Javier, Rubio-Alonso, Belen, Jurado-Román, Alfonso, Miguel-Gutierrez, Ana, Martin-Asenjo, Roberto
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Zusammenfassung:Poisoning by ingestion of ‘Jamaican Stone’, a kind of cardioactive steroid, is extremely rare. However, mortality is very high. For this reason, when it occurs, an early and accurate diagnosis represents a critical challenge for clinicians. We present an unusual case of electrical storm caused by this substance. O envenenamento por ingestão de «pedra jamaicana», um tipo de esteroide cardioativo, é extremamente raro. Contudo, dado esta situação se associar a uma mortalidade muito elevada, o diagnóstico precoce e rigoroso desta situação pode ser clinicamente crucial. É retratado um caso pouco comum de tempestade arrítmica causada por esta substância.
ISSN:0870-2551
2174-2030
DOI:10.1016/j.repc.2016.04.016