Acute myocardial infarction as a complication of clonidine withdrawal

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 399-402

  Simic, John ^a   Kishineff, Stephen ^a   Goldberg, Richard ^a,b   Gifford, William ^a  

^a Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reactions; Anti hypertensive agents; Hypertensive crisis; Myocardial infarction; Withdrawal syndromes

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CLONIDINE; CLOPIDOGREL; DIAZEPAM; HEPARIN; LABETALOL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0344844559     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2003.04.002     Document Type: Article

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