Spontaneous coronary artery dissection in a woman on fenfluramine

Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-44

  Goli, Anil K ^a   Koduri, Madhav ^b   Haddadin, Tariq ^b   Henry, Philip D ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Fenfluramine; Oral contraceptives; Spontaneous coronary artery dissection

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMLODIPINE; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ESTRADIOL; FENFLURAMINE; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; FLUOROURACIL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METALLOPROTEINASE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY MEDIA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUDDEN DEATH; VASA VASORUM;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FENFLURAMINE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; OBESITY; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS;

EID: 33947646826     PISSN: 15306550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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