title: Cocaine heart disease.
abstract: Unlike neurologic toxicity, myocardial infarction appears to be an idiosyncratic response to the drug, unrelated to dose, duration of use, or route of administration. There is no marker to identify the person who may have life-threatening cardiac effects after taking cocaine, but those who experienced myocardial ischemia once are at risk of recurrence if they use the drug again.
authors.affiliation: Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Morris
mesh_terms: D003042:Cocaine / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000494:pharmacology; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000139:chemically induced; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000139:chemically induced; D012008:Recurrence; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D003042:Cocaine