Silent' Prinzmetal's ST elevation related to atenolol overdose.
Daniel Petrov, Svetlozar Sardowski, Margarita Gesheva
Department of Emergency Cardiology and Acute Internal Diseases, "Pirogov" Emergency Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria.
The Journal of emergency medicine 2007 AugPrinzmetal's angina is a condition characterized by chest pain, transient ST elevation, and negative biochemical markers of myocardial cell necrosis. We describe a case of chemically-induced "silent" ST segment elevation related to Atenolol overdose in a patient without coronary artery stenosis. We conclude that the cause for the transient myocardial ischemia is coronary vasospasm, precipitated by beta-blocker overdose.
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Daniel Petrov, Svetlozar Sardowski, Margarita Gesheva. Silent' Prinzmetal's ST elevation related to atenolol overdose. The Journal of emergency medicine. 2007 Aug;33(2):123-6
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