Is cocaine use recognised as a risk factor for acute coronary syndrome by doctors in the UK?

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 979, 2007, Pages 325-328

  Wood, David M ^a   Hill, Duncan ^a   Gunasekera, Awini ^a   Greene, Shaun L ^a   Jones, Alison L ^b   Dargan, Paul I ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STAFF; PHYSICIAN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CORONARY VASOSPASM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34249030250     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2006.053850     Document Type: Article

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