Rapid progression of coronary artery disease in the setting of chronic cocaine abuse

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 631-634

  Wilson, Lance D ^a   Chan, Theodore ^b  

^a Mt Sinai Medical Center Cleveland   (United States)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated coronary atherosclerosis; Cocaine; Coronary artery disease; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032126816     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(98)00058-4     Document Type: Article

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