From Boost to Burden: Investigating Energy Drinks and Myocarditis

Abstract

There is a growing problem regarding energy drink consumption and several adverse cardiovascular events after consuming energy drinks have been reported in the literature, due to arrhythmic events or myocardial infarction, but none describing direct myocyte toxicity. We perform a brief review of energy drink associated cardiovascular effects already described in the literature and present the first ever described case associating energy drink consumption to myocarditis.