Heart Beat: Tree of heaven may be hard on the heart
Heart Beat
Doctors at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York, treated a 24-year-old tree surgeon with myocarditis. He had been clearing an area infested with tree of heaven, and sap from the plants entered his bloodstream through some broken blisters. He fully recovered. According to the man, others in his team also had chest pain and related symptoms.
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