Steroid-induced recurrent myocardial ischemia

We report the case of a female patient under oral prednisolone therapy due to a diagnosis of idiopathic intracranial hypertension with papilledema. Unfortunately, short-term treatment with prednisolone caused an unusual complication in the patient, i.e., recurrent myocardial ischemia. Possible mecha...

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Main Authors: Ufuk Yildirim, Okan Gulel, Korhan Soylu, Serkan Yuksel, Mahmut Sahin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-07-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0870255114001565