Intratracheal cocaine induced myocardial infarction: An unusual complication of fibreoptic bronchoscopy

Thorax

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 733-734

  Osula, S ^a   Stockton, P ^a   Abdelaziz, M M ^a   Walshaw, M J ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; CLARITHROMYCIN; COCAINE; HEPARIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LIDOCAINE;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PHARYNX; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPIROMETRY; THORAX PAIN; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET;

AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRONCHOSCOPY; COCAINE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 0042622418     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.58.8.733     Document Type: Article

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