title: Heroin abuse and myocardial infarction.
abstract: A young woman developed an acute transmural infarction due to an acute thrombosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery, probably induced by a previous abuse of intravenous heroin.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Center, University Hospital Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sztajzel
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Karpuz
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rutishauser
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D003932:Heroin; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D003932:Heroin