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Acute myocardial infarction associated with amphetamine use
J Waksman1, R N Taylor, G S Bodor
1Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center, Denver Health Authority, Colo 80230-6800, USA. JWaksman@rmpdc.org
Mayo Clinic Proceedings
|March 13, 2001
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 emergency department with no clinical evidence of an acute coronary event after intravenous injection of amphetamines. However, he subsequently experienced a non-Q-wave anterior wall myocardial infarction associated with the use of amphetamines.