Abstract:Cocaine causes myocardial injury via multiple mechanisms.Aims: (a) To compare clinical and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) characteristics of myocardial injury in cocaine-induced ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) versus our institution's general STEMI population and (b) to examine for evidence of silent myocardial injury in asymptomatic cocaine users.Methods/results: Four patients presented with cocaineinduced ST elevation MI over 12 months. All were males with a mean age of 37 years. Three had throm… Show more
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