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Does Agent Orange Exposure Lead To Ventricular Premature Contractions?
Question: is there a relationship with agent orange exposure and VPB? If so, is there any available studies on this connection. (ventricular premature beat)?
Brief Answer:
It's mighty indirect
Detailed Answer:
one of my patients is involved with a legal case linking agent orange with type I diabetes.
it isn't the most closely linked compound with neurologic conditions and is not very toxic to heart.
everything gives you vpb......so...while there has to be some potential connection...it gets very murky with many many indirect connections to agent orange and even more unrelated causes of vpb.
It's mighty indirect
Detailed Answer:
one of my patients is involved with a legal case linking agent orange with type I diabetes.
it isn't the most closely linked compound with neurologic conditions and is not very toxic to heart.
everything gives you vpb......so...while there has to be some potential connection...it gets very murky with many many indirect connections to agent orange and even more unrelated causes of vpb.
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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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