AN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION OCCURRING IN AN ANABOLIC-STEROID USER

Authors
HUIE MJ
Citation
Mj. Huie, AN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION OCCURRING IN AN ANABOLIC-STEROID USER, Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 26(4), 1994, pp. 408-413
Citations number
42
Categorie Soggetti
Sport Sciences
Journal title
Medicine and science in sports and exercise → ACNP
ISSN journal
01959131
Volume
26
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
408 - 413
Database
ISI
SICI code
0195-9131(1994)26:4<408:AAMOIA>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Anabolic-androgenic steroid abuse is prevalent and has been associated with numerous adverse effects. The case being presented is of an amat eur weight trainer, who suffered an acute myocardial infarction; his o nly significant risk factor was his nonmedical use of an anabolic ster oid, nandrolone decanoate. This case presentation discusses the hemato logic effects of this class of drugs and the subsequent impact on isch emic heart disease.