Infarto agudo de miocardio e hipopotasemia severa por consumo de regaliz durante el confinamiento por COVID-19
- V.E. Vallejo-Garcia 1
- A. Barrio-Rodriguez 2
- M. Heras-Benito 3
- 1 Complejo Asistencial de Salamanca, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca (Castilla y León), España
- 2 Servicio de Cardiología, Complejo Asistencial de Salamanca, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca (Castilla y León), España
- 3 Servicio de Nefrología, Complejo Asistencial de Salamanca, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca (Castilla y León), España
ISSN: 1889-1837
Ano de publicación: 2021
Volume: 38
Número: 3
Páxinas: 155-155
Tipo: Artigo
Outras publicacións en: Hipertensión y riesgo vascular
Resumo
Liquorice is one of the oldest known herbs with medicinal properties and comprises up to 300 active compounds. It has been used for millennia for its digestive, anti-inflammatory and anti-infective properties. However, its possible toxic effects were described only a few years ago and there is growing interest in the side effects associated with chronic consumption. The main active component of liquorice is the prodrug glycyrrhizin and its active metabolite glycyrrhetic acid. It is a rare cause of hypokalaemia due to suppression of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone axis, causing pseudohyperaldostenonism (PHA). We describe a rare case of secondary acute myocardial infarction in a patient with chronic consumption of liquorice