Cardiovascular toxicity due to metoprolol poisoning in a patient with coronary artery disease

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 694-697

  Unverir, Pinar ^a   Topacoglu, Hakan ^a   Bozkurt, Selim ^b   Kaynak, Firat ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

blocker poisoning; Acute coronary syndrome; Metoprolol poisoning

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATINE KINASE MB; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; INOTROPIC AGENT; METOPROLOL; MYOGLOBIN; RAMIPRIL; TIOTROPIUM BROMIDE; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART PACING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; METOPROLOL POISONING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; THORAX PAIN; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; METOPROLOL; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35248828037     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2007.02930.x     Document Type: Article

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