Key result
Intravenous ephedrine for hypotension linked to coronary artery spasm with transient ST-segment elevation.
Case Report (n=1)
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Ephedrine used to treat hypotension during combined epidural and general anesthesia can induce coronary artery spasm.
Ephedrine may induce coronary spasm under epidural anesthesia; this single case leaves open any practice change.
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Hayashi et al. (2004) conducted a case report in Coronary artery spasm (n=1). Ephedrine was evaluated on Coronary artery spasm (ST-segment elevation). Intravenous administration of ephedrine for hypotension during epidural anesthesia induced transient ST-segment elevation indicative of coronary artery spasm in a 67-year-old man.
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