Toad venom poisoning resembling digitalis intoxication and hyperkalemia: A case report

Abstract

Toad toxin has digitalis-like cardioactive effects that include bradycardia, varying degrees of atrioventricular block, ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation and sudden cardiac death. We report here on a 54-year-old man who had varying degrees of atrioventricular block and nonsustained ventricular tachycardia two hours after he ate a bowl of toad soup. © 2007, The Korean Society of Circulation.