Acute chest pain in a patient treated with capecitabine

Netherlands Heart Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 288-291

  Camaro, C ^a,b   Danse, P W ^a   Bosker, H A ^a  

^a RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

5 Fluorouracil; Capecitabine; Colon cancer; Coronary artery spasm; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CAPECITABINE; CLOPIDOGREL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; ISOSORBIDE 5 NITRATE; METOPROLOL; ROSUVASTATIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 70349293928     PISSN: 15685888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03086268     Document Type: Article

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