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      Acute Myocardical Infarction due toDelirium tremens

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      Cardiology
      S. Karger AG
      Acute myocardial infarction, Delirium tremens

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          Abstract

          A 36-year-old patient with normal-appearing coronary arteries suffered an acute Q-wave myocardial infarction during acute alcohol withdrawal and delirium tremens. Sympathetic hyperactivity with coronary spasm and increased platelet reactivity are probably the underlying mechanisms.

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          Journal
          CRD
          Cardiology
          10.1159/issn.0008-6312
          Cardiology
          S. Karger AG
          0008-6312
          1421-9751
          1999
          February 2000
          07 March 2000
          : 92
          : 2
          : 144
          Affiliations
          Department of Cardiology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
          Article
          6962 Cardiology 1999;92:144
          10.1159/000006962
          10702658
          452ca5c0-6373-4598-990b-3c359a6a0b0a
          © 2000 S. Karger AG, Basel

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          Case Report

          General medicine,Neurology,Cardiovascular Medicine,Internal medicine,Nephrology
          Acute myocardial infarction,Delirium tremens

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