title: Myocardial infarction associated with cocaine abuse.
abstract: We report a patient who sustained a myocardial infarction after inhaling cocaine. He developed a persistent wall motion defect that was present 18 months after the acute event despite resolution of electrocardiographic evidence of infarction.
authors.affiliation: Clayton Foundation for Research Cardiovascular Laboratories of St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital and the Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas 77225, USA.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Wilkins
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Mathur
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Ty
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Hall