Acute myocardial infarction in pregnancy following unlicensed use of methylenedioxymethamphetamine ('ecstasy')

Scottish Medical Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Okunoye, G O ^a   Dutton, P ^b  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3, 4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETAMETHASONE; BISOPROLOL; CLOPIDOGREL; ENOXAPARIN; EPTIFIBATIDE; TROPONIN T; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DRUG USE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LICENCE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THORAX PAIN; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

'ECSTASY'; INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL; PREGNANCY;

ADRENERGIC BETA-1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; ADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS; ADULT; ASPIRIN; BISOPROLOL; CHEST PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TICLOPIDINE;

EID: 84890167224     PISSN: 00369330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0036933013496918     Document Type: Article

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