SERIAL ANGIOGRAPHY IN COCAINE-INDUCED MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION

Authors
WILLIAMS MJA STEWART RAH
Citation
Mja. Williams et Rah. Stewart, SERIAL ANGIOGRAPHY IN COCAINE-INDUCED MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION, Chest, 111(3), 1997, pp. 822-824
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Chest → ACNP
ISSN journal
00123692
Volume
111
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
822 - 824
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-3692(1997)111:3<822:SAICM>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
A young man suffered an acute inferior myocardial infarction following clinical use of cocaine as topical anesthesia. Coronary angiography s howed occlusion of both the posterior descending and posterolateral ar teries which was resistant to intracoronary administration of nitrogly cerin and verapamil, a finding consistent with thrombotic occlusion. A subsequent angiogram 3 months later showed no residual lesions.