Myocardial infarction associated with sibutramine use: Case report and discussion

Military Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 622-624

  Fernandez, William G ^a,b   Biswas, Abhik K ^a,c  

^a Kandahar Air Field   (Afghanistan)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; CYCLOBUTANE DERIVATIVE; SIBUTRAMINE;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; REVIEW;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; APPETITE DEPRESSANTS; CYCLOBUTANES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 77955398253     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-10-00011     Document Type: Article

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