title: [Myocardial infarction due to cocaine].
abstract: Cocaine is a common drug. Myocardial infarcts and brain infarcts related to the use of cocaine were previously reported in the medical literature. We report a 34 year old patient admitted for severe chest pain, a few minutes after cocaine use. He was found to have an acute myocardial infarction with significant left ventricle dysfunction. Coronarography conducted a few days later was found to be normal. Cocaine use may cause acute myocardial infarction in young and healthy people with no other risk factors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine D, Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zamir
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Leibovitz
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Polychuck
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Reitblat
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002637:Chest Pain; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*