A case of acute myocardial infarction during 5-fluorouracil infusion

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 835-837

  Canale, Maria Laura ^a   Camerini, Andrea ^a   Stroppa, Stefano ^a   Porta, Romana Prosperi ^a   Caravelli, Paolo ^a   Mariani, Mario ^a   Balbarini, Alberto ^a   Ricci, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

5 fluorouracil; Myocardial infarction; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; CREATINE KINASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; MYOGLOBIN; NITRATE; OXALIPLATIN; SIMVASTATIN; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; AKINESIA; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONVALESCENCE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; THORAX PAIN;

ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TIME FACTORS; TROPONIN I;

EID: 33750357225     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/01.JCM.0000250874.09273.9b     Document Type: Article

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