Cardiotoxicity in the workplace.

Abstract

A number of chemicals have been implicated in the causation of cardiovascular disease, although often in individual patients causality for any specific toxic exposure is difficult to establish. This review discusses toxic cardiovascular disease from specific toxins from the perspective of the types of injury and details epidemiology, mechanisms of toxicity, and clinical features. Discussed are carbon disulfide, carbon monoxide, organic nitrates, halogenated hydrocarbons, lead, cobalt, arsenic/arsine, and cadmium and antimony.