Acute myocardial infarction in a young cocaine addict with normal coronaries: time to raise awareness among emergency physicians
Achyut Sarkar, Imran Ahmed, Arindam Pande, G. S. Naveen Chandra
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Sarkar A, Ahmed I, Pande A, Naveen Chandra GS. Acute myocardial infarction in a young cocaine addict with normal coronaries: time to raise awareness among emergency physicians. Indian J Crit Care Med 2013; 17 (1):56-58.
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