Misdiagnosis of Carbon Monoxide Intoxication in a Patient with Known Coronary Artery Disease: A Case Report and Review of Cardiovascular Effects of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

This is a report of a patient who had documented coronary artery disease and was admitted with chest pain, nausea, vomiting and headache. She was immediately taken to coronary angiography and underwent percutaneous coronary intervention with stent implantation. After the operation, she was coinciden...

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Veröffentlicht in:	West Indian medical journal 2009-11, Vol.58 (5), p.485-487
Hauptverfasser:	TANINDI, A, YALCIN, R
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Blood Gas Analysis Carbon Monoxide Poisoning - complications Carbon Monoxide Poisoning - diagnosis Cardiology. Vascular system Chest Pain - etiology Coronary Angiography Coronary Artery Disease - diagnosis Coronary Artery Disease - diagnostic imaging Coronary Artery Disease - surgery Coronary heart disease Diagnostic Errors Electrocardiography Female General aspects Heart Humans Medical sciences Middle Aged
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Zusammenfassung:	This is a report of a patient who had documented coronary artery disease and was admitted with chest pain, nausea, vomiting and headache. She was immediately taken to coronary angiography and underwent percutaneous coronary intervention with stent implantation. After the operation, she was coincidentally diagnosed to have Carbon Monoxide (CO) poisoning. We discuss if percutaneous intervention (PCI) was an overtreatment and briefly review the mechanisms of the cardiovascular effects of CO toxicity which is an insidious pathology and diagnosed only if it is suspected.
ISSN:	0043-3144