Rapid reversal of global left ventricular dysfunction after accidental injection of 0.75 mg epinephrine in a 20-year-old patient

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 914-916

  Meaudre, Eric ^a,b   Barbou, F ^a   Sallaberry, M ^a   Cantais, E ^a   Petit, D ^a   Palmier, B ^a  

^a Military Teaching Hospital   (France)

^b Military Teaching Hospital Sainte Anne   (France)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Coronary vasospasm; Epinephrine; Myocardial stunning; Ventricular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CREATINE KINASE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; MYOGLOBIN; TROPONIN I; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE;

ADULT; EPINEPHRINE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 3342896437     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-5172.2004.00428.x     Document Type: Article

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