An angiographic and histologic study of cocaine-induced chest pain
| Autor: | Han Seob Kim, Pirzada A. Majid, Janice L. Zimmerman, B. S. Patel, R. Phillip Dellinger |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Chest Pain Myocarditis Substance-Related Disorders Biopsy Chest pain Cocaine Internal medicine medicine Humans cardiovascular diseases Myocardial infarction medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Myocardium Angiography medicine.disease Coronary Vessels Substance abuse medicine.anatomical_structure Anesthesia Cardiology medicine.symptom Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Electrocardiography Artery |
| Zdroj: | The American journal of cardiology. 65(11) |
| ISSN: | 0002-9149 |
| Popis: | Chest pain is not an uncommon symptom in patients who abuse cocaine. A small number also develop acute myocardial infarction. 1,2 Most, however, show electrocardiographic ST-segment or T-wave abnormalities as the only objective evidence of myocardial ischemia. Coronary artery spasm has been popularly invoked as the possible cause for chest pain. 3,4 However, evidence for spasm is largely circumstantial at present. An alternative source of pain may be myocarditis, 5 which has been demonstrated in some patients dying of cocaine abuse. 6,7 |
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