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| CASE REPORT |
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| Year : 2003 | Volume
: 49
| Issue : 3 | Page : 254-255 |
Atrial Flutter following a Wasp Sting
BA Fisher, TF Antonios
Blood Pressure Unit, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, St George’s Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, United Kindom
Correspondence Address:
T F Antonios
Blood Pressure Unit, St. George’s Hospital Medical School,Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE
United Kindom
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PMID: 14597791 
Wasp stings have been associated with a wide variety of local and systemic reactions including, rarely, tachyarrhythmias. We discuss a case of atrial flutter occurring in a 64-year-old man following a single sting in the absence of anaphylaxis. The pathogenesis is discussed and the literature reviewed.
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