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Case Reports
. 2015 Sep;105(3):316-9.
doi: 10.5935/abc.20150111.

Anabolic drugs and myocardial infarction - a clinical case report

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Rui Pontes Santos  1 , Adriana Pereira  1 , Henrique Guedes  1 , Carolina Lourenço  1 , João Azevedo  1 , Paula Pinto  1
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Anabolic drugs and myocardial infarction - a clinical case report

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Rui Pontes Santos et al. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2015 Sep.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Electrocardiogram on admission with signs of infarction on the inferior and posterior left ventricular walls in the subacute phase.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Coronary angiography examination indicated intraluminal thrombus in the proximal third of the right coronary artery.
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