Cardiovascular safety of transdermal nicotine patches in patients with coronary artery disease who try to quit smoking

Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 239-244

  Tzivoni, Dan ^a   Keren, Andre ^b   Meyler, Shmuel ^a   Khoury, Zahi ^b   Lerer, Tuvia ^c   Brunel, Patrick ^d  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BIKUR CHOLIM HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d CIBA GEIGY LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ambulatory ECG monitoring; Coronary artery disease; Nicotine patches; Smoking

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING CESSATION; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSDERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; NICOTINE; SMOKING CESSATION; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0031671171     PISSN: 09203206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007757530765     Document Type: Article

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