Report of ventricular fibrillation in a 44-year-old man using kratom

Maaz Sheikh; Navid Ahmed; Himali Gandhi; On Chen

doi:10.1136/bcr-2020-237837

Report of ventricular fibrillation in a 44-year-old man using kratom

Maaz Sheikh
, Navid Ahmed
, Himali Gandhi
, On Chen

Department of Medicine - Division of Cardiology

Stony Brook University
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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Abstract

Kratom is an unregulated kappa-opioid receptor agonist available for order on the internet that is used as a remedy for chronic pain. We present a case of a middle-aged man who suffered a cardiac arrest in the setting of kratom ingestion.

Original language	English
Article number	e237837
Journal	BMJ Case Reports
Volume	14
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-237837
State	Published - Mar 23 2021

Keywords

arrhythmias
cardiovascular system
complementary medicine
pacing and electrophysiology

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