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[Assessment of myocardial perfusion and function in victims of scorpion envenomation using gated-SPECT].

Alexandre Baldini de Figueiredo, Palmira Cupo, Antônio O Pintya, Fábio Caligaris, José A Marin-Neto, Sylvia E Hering, and Marcus Vinicius Simões

Arq Bras Cardiol 94(4):444-51 (2010) PMID 20498927

Cardiogenic shock and acute pulmonary edema are the major causes of death of patients with scorpion envenomation, whose pathophysiological mechanism remains controversial.

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