Acute myocardical infarction due to delirium tremens.
A 36-year-old patient with normal-appearing coronary arteries suffered an acute Q-wave myocardial infarction during acute alcohol withdrawal and delirium tremens. Sympathetic hyperactivity with coronary spasm and increased platelet reactivity are probably the underlying mechanisms.
Danenberg
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Department of Cardiology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel. danen@md2.huji.ac.il
Nahir
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Hasin
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D000328:Adult; D000430:Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003329:Coronary Vasospasm / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome