Acute MI in a young hypertensive woman: Could it be due to tranexamic acid?

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Gupta, Prabha Nini ^a   Mullamalla, Ullas R ^a   Sabin, P ^a   Vellappan, Praveen ^a  

^a Medical College Hospital Thiruvananthapuram   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETAMSYLATE; MEFENAMIC ACID; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSMENORRHEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENORRHAGIA; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THORAX PAIN; THROMBUS ASPIRATION;

EID: 84879489067     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-009979     Document Type: Article

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