Myocardial infarction due to coronary thrombus formation in a postmenopausal woman with breast cancer after initiation of letrozol therapy

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Canpolat, Uǧur ^a   Sunman, Hamza ^a   Kaya, Ergün Bariş ^a   Aytemir, Kudret ^a   Oto, Ali ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Letrozol; Myocardial infarction; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; CLOPIDOGREL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; HEPARIN; LETROZOLE; TIROFIBAN;

ADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BARE METAL STENT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LETTER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MASTOIDECTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBOGENESIS;

EID: 84865649750     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.071     Document Type: Article

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