A Rare Case of Mad Honey Disease: A Reversible Cause of Complete Heart Block.

JACC Case Rep

Mount Sinai Heart, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, St. Luke's Hospital and Mount Sinai West Hospital, New York, New York.

Published: December 2019

This case describes a patient with hypotension, bradycardia, and third-degree atrioventricular block following ingestion of a grayanotoxin-containing species, or lily of the valley bush. Although unlikely in metropolitan environments, physicians should be aware of the possibility of grayanotoxin ingestion when confronted with new-onset heart block even in nonendemic areas. ().

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8288791PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.09.015DOI Listing

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