Acute coronary syndrome after nasal spray of oxymetazoline.

@article{Montastruc2014AcuteCS,
  title={Acute coronary syndrome after nasal spray of oxymetazoline.},
  author={François Montastruc and Guillaume Montastruc and Marie-Jos{\'e}e Taudou and Pascale Olivier-Abbal and Jean-Louis Montastruc and Emmanuelle Bondon-Guitton},
  journal={Chest},
  year={2014},
  volume={146 6},
  pages={
          e214-e215
        }
}

• François Montastruc, Guillaume Montastruc, +3 authors Emmanuelle Bondon-Guitton
• Published 2014 in Chest
• DOI:10.1378/chest.14-1873

To the Editor: We present a case of a healthy young man who had an acute coronary syndrome 2 days aft er using oxymetazoline. Th e patient was a white man in his early 30s without a medical history who was suff ering from acute nasal congestion with rhinorrhea. He was treated with oral pseudoephedrine, paracetamol, and triprolidine for 5 days and then nasal oxymetazoline tid for 3 days plus oral tiaprofenic tid. On the seventh day, the patient experienced retrosternal pain that spontaneously… CONTINUE READING

Save to Library

Create Alert

Cite

View on PubMed