A teenager with angiographically normal epicardial coronary arteries and acute myocardial infarction after butane inhalation

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 137-141

  El Menyar, Ayman A ^a   El Tawil, Mohammed ^a   Al Suwaidi, Jassim ^a  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Butane; Coronary artery spasm; Keywords; Myocardial infarction; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

BUTANE;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; REVIEW;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; BUTANES; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SPASM; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 24144439341     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063110-200506000-00009     Document Type: Article

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