Cannabis and coronary thrombosis: What is the role of platelets?

Platelets

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 243-245

  Dahdouh, Ziad ^a   Roule, Vincent ^a   Lognoné, Thérse ^a   Sabatier, Rémi ^a   Grollier, Gilles ^a  

^a CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CANNABIS SMOKING; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HEART ARREST; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT RIGHT SHUNT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; LETTER; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SEPTIC SHOCK; SMOKING; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION;

ADULT; CANNABIS; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

CANNABIS;

EID: 84859759028     PISSN: 09537104     EISSN: 13691635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09537104.2011.601824     Document Type: Letter

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