Intraventricular bleeding after the use of thrombolytics in a cocaine user

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 663-664

  LoVecchio, Frank ^a   Nelson, Lewis ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; intraventricular bleeding; myocardial infaction; thrombolytics

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; COCAINE; CREATINE KINASE MB; DIAZEPAM; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; NITRATE; OXYGEN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; DRUG ABUSE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 0029849391     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(96)90084-4     Document Type: Article

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