Unstable angina following anaphylaxis

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 998, 2008, Pages 659-661

  Ameratunga, R ^a   Webster, M ^a   Patel, H ^b  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; CLOPIDOGREL; FLUTICASONE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDROCORTISONE; OMEPRAZOLE; PACLITAXEL; PROMETHAZINE; SALBUTAMOL; SULFITE; TROPONIN I; TRYPTASE;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CASE REPORT; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIZZINESS; DRUG ELUTING STENT; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EYELID EDEMA; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RESUSCITATION; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; THROAT TIGHTNESS; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; URTICARIA; VASOSPASM;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CORONARY VASOSPASM; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 61849166636     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2008.071688     Document Type: Article

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