ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME INDUCED BY INTRAVENOUS EPHEDRINE IN PREGNANT WOMAN WITH NORMAL CORONARIES.

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Alexander Gedevanishvili
Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas

Antonio Chamoun
Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas

Barry F Uretsky
Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas

Atiar M Rahman
Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas

Keywords

ephedrine, myocardial infarction, cesarean section

Abstract

Intravenous  ephedrine  administered  during  a  C-section  was  observed  to  cause  an  acute  coronary syndrome in a pregnant woman with normal coronaries. The patient developed sub-sternal chest pain, was noted to have 10 beats of non-sustained ventricular tachycardia, ST abnormalities were observed on her ECG and cardiac enzymes were elevated. The patient had normal coronary arteries by angiogram and during a one-year period of follow up no further cardiac events occurred

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Gedevanishvili, A., Chamoun, A., Uretsky, B. F., & Rahman, A. M. (2018). ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME INDUCED BY INTRAVENOUS EPHEDRINE IN PREGNANT WOMAN WITH NORMAL CORONARIES. Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology, 11(2). https://mail.jptcp.com/index.php/jptcp/article/view/74
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Gedevanishvili, A., Chamoun, A., Uretsky, B. F., & Rahman, A. M. (2018). ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME INDUCED BY INTRAVENOUS EPHEDRINE IN PREGNANT WOMAN WITH NORMAL CORONARIES. Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology, 11(2). https://mail.jptcp.com/index.php/jptcp/article/view/74