title: Methamphetamine-associated acute left ventricular dysfunction: a variant of stress-induced cardiomyopathy.
abstract: This brief report describes a case of transient left ventricular dysfunction in a 42-year-old woman associated with methamphetamine abuse. Transient (stress-induced) left ventricular dysfunction has been described previously, usually in postmenopausal women following emotional stress and also severe medical illness. This is the first reported case associated with methamphetamine abuse.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University Medical Center, Fresno, CA 93702, USA. ssrikanth@fresno.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Sundararajan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Srikanth
authors.forename: Rajat
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Barua
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ambrose
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008694:Methamphetamine / Q000506:poisoning*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D008694:Methamphetamine