Severe Cardiomyopathy after Huffing Dust-Off™

Case Rep Emerg Med. 2016:2016:9204790. doi: 10.1155/2016/9204790. Epub 2016 May 25.

Abstract

A 34-year-old man was found down in a parking lot after huffing fifteen cans of Dust-Off. Though lucid during the initial hospital evaluation, the patient experienced a generalized seizure followed by a torsades de pointes arrhythmia and was resuscitated. An echocardiogram revealed left and right ventricular dysfunction with an ejection fraction of 25%. This unique outcome of inhalant abuse has scarcely been reported in similar cases. The patient fully recovered and had a normal ejection fraction prior to discharge.