Coronary dissection and thrombosis after ingestion of ephedra [4]

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 645-646

  Sola, Srikanth ^a   Helmy, Tarek ^a   Kacharava, Andro ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPHEDRA EXTRACT;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEATH; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EPHEDRA; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; INGESTION; LETTER; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; EPHEDRA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 1842839894     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2003.12.023     Document Type: Letter

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