A case of caffeine-induced coronary artery vasospasm of a 17-year-old male

Cardiovascular Toxicology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 175-179

  Wilson, Ryan E ^a   Kado, Herman S ^a   Samson, Rohan ^a   Miller, Alan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caffeine; Chest pain; Coronary artery; Pericarditis; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BICARBONATE; CAFFEINE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; DILTIAZEM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; POTASSIUM; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENERGY DRINK; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOKINESIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PERICARDITIS; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TACHYPNEA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINALYSIS; X RAY;

ADOLESCENT; CAFFEINE; CORONARY VASOSPASM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE;

ANGINA;

EID: 84864643535     PISSN: 15307905     EISSN: 15590259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12012-011-9152-9     Document Type: Article

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