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Coronary spasm after the topical use of cocaine in nasal surgery

BACKGROUND: Cocaine is a frequently used recreational drug which imposes important health problems with even life-threatening cardiotoxicity. The therapeutic use of cocaine is nowadays restricted to topical anesthesia in ophthalmological and nasal surgery but the possible hazards of this local anest...

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Autores principales: Lenders, Guy D., Jorens, Philippe G., De Meyer, Tim, Vandendriessche, Tom, Verbrugghe, Walter, Vrints, Christiaan J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Scientific Literature, Inc. 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3619047/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23569569
http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/AJCR.883837