Ephedrine-induced coronary artery vasospasm in a patient with prior cocaine use

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 931-933

  Lustik, Stewart J ^a,b   Chhibber, Ashwani K ^a   Van Vliet, Miller ^a   Pomerantz, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; COCAINE; CREATINE KINASE MB; DILTIAZEM; EPHEDRINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABUSE; FEMOROPOPLITEAL BYPASS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SUBLINGUAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADULT; COCAINE; CORONARY VASOSPASM; EPHEDRINE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0030988910     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199704000-00045     Document Type: Article

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