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Acute myocardical infarction due to delirium tremens
H D Danenberg1, M Nahir, Y Hasin
1Department of Cardiology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel. danen@md2.huji.ac.il
Cardiology
|March 7, 2000
Abstract:
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.