ST elevation myocardial infarction after tranexamic acid: First reported case in the United States

American Journal of Therapeutics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2014, Pages e221-e224

  Garg, Jalaj ^a   Pinnamaneni, Sowmya ^a   Aronow, Wilbert S ^a   Ahmad, Hasan ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Antifibrinolytic agents; Tranexamic acid

Indexed keywords

ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROCEDURES; THROMBECTOMY; UNITED STATES;

ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; THROMBECTOMY; TRANEXAMIC ACID; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84914123794     PISSN: 10752765     EISSN: 15363686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MJT.0b013e31828fdb06     Document Type: Article

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