A case of ST-elevation and nystagmus - When coronary thrombosis is not to blame

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 737-739

  Daly, Michael J ^a   Dixon, L J ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; THIAMINE; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CONFUSION; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BERIBERI; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DECREASED APPETITE; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; NYSTAGMUS; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNSTEADINESS; VENOUS PRESSURE; VOMITING; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BERIBERI; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC;

EID: 70349656244     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcp095     Document Type: Article

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