Acute myocardial infarction associated with amphetamine use

Authors
Waksman, J Taylor, RN Bodor, GS Daly, FFS Jolliff, HA Dart, RC
Citation
J. Waksman et al., Acute myocardial infarction associated with amphetamine use, MAYO CLIN P, 76(3), 2001, pp. 323-326
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS
ISSN journal
00256196 → ACNP
Volume
76
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
323 - 326
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-6196(200103)76:3<323:AMIAWA>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Myocardial infarction is a rarely reported complication of amphetamine use. We report the case of a healthy 31-year-old man who presented to our emerg ency department,vith no clinical evidence of an acute coronary event after intravenous injection of amphetamines, However, he subse- quently experienc ed a non-Q-wave anterior wall myocardial infarction associated with the use of amphetamines.