title: Acute myocardial infarction after heroin injections.
abstract: Information concerning acute myocardial infarctions (AMI) after heroin injection is limited. Only one report has described the association between heroin injections and AMI in a young woman. AMI after heroin injection in a patient with a normal coronary angiogram has not been reported. We report a 38-year-old man who developed AMI after heroin injection. He is probably the first case of AMI with normal coronary artery angiograms associated with heroin abuse. The heroin-induced toxic effect and/or coronary spasm are highly suspected to be the causes of the infarction episode.
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, National Yang-Ming University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan 813, ROC.
authors.forename: Sung-Lin
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Chun-Peng
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yuk-Keung
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: Shoa-Lin
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003329:Coronary Vasospasm / Q000209:etiology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects