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

Eur Heart J

Service de cardiologie, Hopital Nord, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, France.

Published: December 1993

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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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/14.12.1709DOI Listing

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