CORONARY-ARTERY INTIMAL HYPERPLASIA, OCCLUSIVE PLATELET THROMBUS, ANDFATAL MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION IN AN INTRAVENOUS COCAINE USER

Authors
FARTHING WH SHIRANI J
Citation
Wh. Farthing et J. Shirani, CORONARY-ARTERY INTIMAL HYPERPLASIA, OCCLUSIVE PLATELET THROMBUS, ANDFATAL MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION IN AN INTRAVENOUS COCAINE USER, Cardiovascular pathology, 4(3), 1995, pp. 215-219
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology,"Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Cardiovascular pathology → ACNP
ISSN journal
10548807
Volume
4
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
215 - 219
Database
ISI
SICI code
1054-8807(1995)4:3<215:CIHOPT>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
A 38-year-old man died of an acute inferoposterior myocardial infarcti on, shortly after intravenous injection of cocaine. At necropsy, diffu se intimal hyperplasia and an occlusive platelet thrombus involved the left main, left anterior descending, and the left circumflex coronary arteries. The possible relation of these morphologic findings to the effects of cocaine on platelet and coronary vascular function are disc ussed and the relevant literature is reviewed.