title: [Pathology of the heart of noncardiac origin. VIII. Cocaine and the heart].
abstract: The marked increase in cocaine consumption observed in recent decades, has led to the identification of previously unknown multiple medical problems. Cardiovascular complications related to cocaine abuse include myocardial ischemia and infarction, myocarditis, cardiomyopathy, rhythm disturbances and sudden death, endocarditis, pneumopericardium and left ventricular hypertrophy. Although the mechanisms involved in cocaine-related cardiac diseases are multiple, many cardiac complications in these patients are caused in part or totally by an increase in adrenergic activity due to the blockade of catecholamine reuptake induced by the drug.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Juan Canalejo, La Coruña.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Freire Castroseiros
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Penas Lado
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Castro Beiras
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis; D004796:Clinical Enzyme Tests; D003042:Cocaine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D003042:Cocaine
vernacular_title: Patología del corazón de origen extracardíaco (VIII). Cocaína y corazón.