Evidence of Cocaine-Related Coronary Atherosclerosis in Young Patients With Myocardial Infarction

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2120-2122

  Patrizi, Roberto ^a   Pasceri, Vincenzo ^a   Sciahbasi, Alessandro ^a   Summaria, Francesco ^a   Rosano, Giuseppe M C ^a   Lioy, Ernesto ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; MORPHINE;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; VASOCONSTRICTION;

AGE FACTORS; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33646269257     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.12.060     Document Type: Letter

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