ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC EFFECTS OF INTRANASAL COCAINE

Authors
DANIEL WC PIRWITZ MJ HORTON RP LANDAU C GLAMANN DB SNYDER RW WILLARD JE WELLS PJ HILLIS LD LANGE RA PAGE RL
Citation
Wc. Daniel et al., ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC EFFECTS OF INTRANASAL COCAINE, The American journal of cardiology, 76(5), 1995, pp. 398-400
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
76
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
398 - 400
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1995)76:5<398:EEOIC>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Cocaine abuse has escalated over the past 10 to 15 years. Cocaine may precipitate harmful or catastrophic cardiovascular events, including m yocardial ischemia or infarction,(1) and arrhythmias and sudden death. (2,3) Although sudden death, presumably due to an arrhythmia following cocaine use, has been described, cocaine's electrophysiologic effects in humans have not been elucidated. This study was performed for this purpose.