β-blockers and cocaine: Still a bad idea

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 1859-1860

  Gupta, Amit K ^a   Greller, Howard A ^b   Hoffman, Robert Steven ^c  

^a STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; COCAINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PROPRANOLOL;

CORONARY ARTERY CONSTRICTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78149395866     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.398     Document Type: Note

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