Management of cardiac arrest caused by coronary artery spasm: Epinephrine/adrenaline versus nitrates

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 228-232

  Kiss, Gabor ^a   Corre, Olivier ^a   Gueret, Gildas ^a   Nguyen Ba, Vinh ^a   Gilard, Martine ^a   Boschat, Jaques ^a   Arvieux, Charles Chistian ^a  

^a BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; AMIODARONE; ATENOLOL; ATORVASTATIN; ATROPINE; BISOPROLOL; ENOXAPARIN; FUROSEMIDE; HEPARIN; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; LIDOCAINE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHYLERGOMETRINE MALEATE; NITRATE; OXYGEN; PREDNISOLONE; RABEPRAZOLE; RAMIPRIL; TENECTEPLASE; VENLAFAXINE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; CIRCULATION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CORONARY STENT; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; THORAX PAIN; COMPLICATION; CORONARY VASOSPASM; MIDDLE AGED;

ADRENERGIC AGONISTS; CORONARY VASOSPASM; EPINEPHRINE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 66149097393     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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