Capecitabine-associated coronary vasospasm: A case report

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 307-309

  Papadopoulos, Christina A ^a,b   Wilson, H ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BEVACIZUMAB; CAPECITABINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LISINOPRIL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; OXALIPLATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIVER METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RISK FACTOR; SIGMOID CARCINOMA; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CORONARY VASOSPASM; DEOXYCYTIDINE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; PRODRUGS; SIGMOID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 43349093678     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.055681     Document Type: Article

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