Acute inferior myocardial infarction associated with the ingestion of captagon pills: A case report

Phenylethylamine HCL (PEA HCL), more commonly called Captagon on the market, is a synthetic stimulant consisting of a theophylline molecule covalently bonded to an amphetamine molecule. The pathophysiology of myocardial infarction (MI) causing amphetamine-like compounds such as amphetamine and pheny...

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Main Authors: Mehmet Tahir Gokdemir, Ramazan Giden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-04-01
Series:Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452247318300529