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Fatal cardiac toxicity temporally related to poly-drug abuse
H Daisley1, A Jones-Le Cointe, G Hutchinson
1Division of Pathology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, St Augustine Trinidad, West Indies.
Abstract:
An 18-y-old male suffered sudden cardiac death following the use of cocaine, cannabis and ethanol. The pathophysiology of cardiac toxicity temporally related to the use of cocaine, cannabinoids and ethanol is reviewed.