Postpartum acute myocardial infarction induced by ergonovine administration

Internal Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 983-986

  Hayashi, Yuji ^a,c   Ibe, Toshio ^a   Kawato, Hiroaki ^a   Futamura, Noritaka ^a   Koyabu, Sukenari ^b   Ikeda, Uichi ^c   Shimada, Kazuyuki ^c  

^a Kinan Hospital   (Japan)

^b Owase General Hospital   (Japan)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ergonovine; Myocardial infarction; Pregnancy; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CREATINE KINASE MB; ERGOMETRINE; ERGOMETRINE MALEATE; ERGOT DERIVATIVE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; NIFEDIPINE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OXYTOCIC AGENT; OXYTOCIN; RITODRINE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PUERPERAL DISORDER; PUERPERIUM; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VARIANT ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0242606866     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.42.983     Document Type: Article

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