Myocardial infarction secondary to dipyridamole overdose

A case of myocardial infarction secondary to dipyridamole overdose is described in a 62-year-old woman with longstanding angina. Therapeutic doses of dipyridamole are associated with reversible myocardial ischaemia in a proportion of patients but serious adverse events are rare (Homma et al., 1987)....

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Published in:Archives of emergency medicine 1992-03, Vol.9 (1), p.62-64
Main Authors: Jahangiri, M, Holdright, D R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Dipyridamole - poisoning
Drug Overdose
Drug toxicity and drugs side effects treatment
Female
Humans
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction - chemically induced
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
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Summary:A case of myocardial infarction secondary to dipyridamole overdose is described in a 62-year-old woman with longstanding angina. Therapeutic doses of dipyridamole are associated with reversible myocardial ischaemia in a proportion of patients but serious adverse events are rare (Homma et al., 1987). To our knowledge this is the first reported case of dipyridamole overdose in the literature.
ISSN:0264-4924
1472-0205
1472-0213
DOI:10.1136/emj.9.1.62