Methamphetamine-associated acute left ventricular dysfunction: a variant of stress-induced cardiomyopathy.
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.
Srikanth
Sundararajan
S
Department of Medicine, University Medical Center, Fresno, CA 93702, USA. ssrikanth@fresno.ucsf.edu
Barua
Rajat
R
Ambrose
John
J
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
D008694:Methamphetamine