A fatal case of acute butane-propane poisoning in a prisoner under psychiatric treatment: do these 2 factors have an arrhythmogenic interaction, thus increasing the cardiovascular risk profile? - Gioia S, Lancia M, Bacci M, Suadoni F.

Sudden death due to inhalation of aliphatic hydrocarbons such as butane and propane is well described in the literature. The main mechanism involved is the induction of a fatal cardiac arrhythmia. This phenomenon is frequently associated with prisoners who...
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