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Case Reports
. 1993 Dec;14(12):1709-11.
doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/14.12.1709.

Myocardial infarction and nicotine patch: a contributing or causative factor?

A Dacosta  1 , J M Guy, B Tardy, R Gonthier, L Denis, M Lamaud, A Cerisier, H Verneyre
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Case Reports

Myocardial infarction and nicotine patch: a contributing or causative factor?

A Dacosta et al. Eur Heart J. 1993 Dec.

Abstract

A case of angina pectoris revealed by nicotine patch treatment is described in a patient who continued to smoke and subsequently suffered a myocardial infarction. The various side effects of nicotine and its derivatives are recalled. The action of nicotine on coronary vasomotricity and its mediators is discussed.

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