Acute myocardial infarction and coronary vasospasm associated with the ingestion of cayenne pepper pills in a 25-year-old male

International Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Sogut, Ozgur ^a   Kaya, Halil ^a   Gokdemir, Mehmet Tahir ^a   Sezen, Yusuf ^a  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CAPSAICIN; DILTIAZEM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; INFUSION FLUID; MORPHINE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAYENNE PEPPER; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; PILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84860571190     PISSN: 18651372     EISSN: 18651380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1865-1380-5-5     Document Type: Article

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