Myocardial infarction induced by appetite suppressants in Malaysia [15]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 357, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 1873-1874

  Azarisman, Shah M ^a   Magdi, Yahya A ^b   Noorfaizan, Saidin ^b   Oteh, Maskon ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOBESITY AGENT; PHENTERMINE; PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE; SIBUTRAMINE; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY; DRUG APPROVAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALAYSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 35748970757     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc070990     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

1. Annual report of the Malaysian Adverse Drug Reactions Advisory Committee 2005. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: National Pharmaceutical Control Bureau, Ministry of Health, 2005.
2. Dangers of slimming pills. The Professional Bulletin of the National Poison Centre, Malaysia (online). August 2002. (Accessed October 11, 2007, at http://www.prn2.usm.my/mainsite/bulletin/2002/prn35.html.)
3. Pilsczek FH, Karcic AA, Freeman I. Dexatrim (phenylpropanolamine) as a cause of myocardial infarction. Heart Lung 2003;32:1004.
4. Chandrasekaran B, Kurbaan AS. Myocardial infarction with angiographically normal coronary arteries. J R Soc Med 2002;95:398400.