Acute myocardial infarction in cocaine induced chest pain presenting as an emergency

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 174-175

  Carley, Simon ^a   Ali, Baha ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; COCAINE; CREATINE KINASE MB;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDLINE; MUSCLE SPASM; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT SURVEY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; ADULT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; EMERGENCY; HEART INFARCTION; MALE; REVIEW;

ADULT; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; EMERGENCIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 0037809606     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.20.2.174     Document Type: Short Survey

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