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Severe reversible arterial spasm with ergotamine
J A Paraskevopoulos1, D E Teasdale, R J Cuschieri
1Department of Surgery, Doncaster Royal Infirmary, Doncaster.
The British Journal of Clinical Practice
|July 1, 1995
Abstract:
A patient is described with marked unilateral arterial spasm of the proximal vessels and severe ischaemia of the left foot as a result of excessive use of ergotamine tartrate. Treatment with intravenous heparin infusion followed by chemical sympathectomy was successful.