Dacosta A, Guy J M, Tardy B, Gonthier R, Denis L, Lamaud M, Cerisier A, Verneyre H
Service de cardiologie, Hopital Nord, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, France.
Eur Heart J. 1993 Dec;14(12):1709-11. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/14.12.1709.
A case of angina pectoris revealed by nicotine patch treatment is described in a patient who continued to smoke and subsequently suffered a myocardial infarction. The various side effects of nicotine and its derivatives are recalled. The action of nicotine on coronary vasomotricity and its mediators is discussed.