Intravenous methylphenidate: An unusual way to provoke ST-elevation myocardial infarction

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 313.e1-313.e3

  Hay, Emile ^a   Shklovski, Vitaly ^a   Blaer, Yossef ^a   Shlakhover, Vladimir ^a   Katz, Amos ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; CLOPIDOGREL; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; METHYLPHENIDATE; TROPONIN T; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AMBULANCE TRANSPORTATION; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CASE REPORT; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ECG ABNORMALITY; EMERGENCY CARE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSTERNAL PAIN; SELF INJECTION; SINUS RHYTHM; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ADDICTION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART; HEART INFARCTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEART; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84924801409     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.08.004     Document Type: Article

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