Nitroglycerin Patch “Mustard Plaster”
- 8 March 1984
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 310 (10) , 658-659
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198403083101017
Abstract
To the Editor: The use of nitroglycerin-impregnated adhesive patches has become widespread in patients with chronic angina. By leaching out a steady supply of nitroglycerin over a full day, these patches permit the patient a protection that is similar to that obtained with the previously developed nitroglycerin ointment. I recently saw a patient who somehow managed to acquire an entirely new syndrome in her enthusiasm for this convenient product.The patient was an 80-year-old woman who was admitted to the St. Joseph Hospital and Health Center with unstable angina in August 1983. Rapidly evolving ST–T-wave abnormalities developed, and she was . . .Keywords
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