Amphetamine Abuse Related Acute Myocardial Infarction
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Acute myocardial infarction caused by intravenous amphetamine abuse.
A man aged 27 years presented with an acute myocardial infarction after injecting himself intravenously with amphetamine. Soon after admission ventricular fibrillation developed. This was successfully cardioverted. Coronary arteriography was normal.
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Cardiology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2090-6404,2090-6412
DOI: 10.1155/2016/7967851