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Moustafa Elsheshtawy1, Priatharsini Sriganesh1, Vasudev Virparia1
1Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Coney Island Hospital, Brooklyn, NY 11235, USA.
Abstract:
Synthetic marijuana is an uptrending designer drug currently widely spread in the US. We report a case of acute deterioration of nonischemic left ventricular dysfunction after exposure to synthetic marijuana. This case illustrates the importance of history taking in cardiac patients and identifies a negative cardiovascular effect of synthetic marijuana known as K2, not yet well detected by urine toxicology screening tools.
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