Cannabis-related myocardial infarction and cardioembolic stroke.
We report a 33-year-old man with a history of chronic cannabis use who sustained myocardial infarction followed by cerebral infarction after a recent significant increase in cannabis use. This is the first case of cannabis-associated stroke of probable cardioembolic origin.
Renard
Dimitri
D
Department of Neurology, CHU Nîmes, Hôpital Caremeau, Nîmes, France. dimitrirenard@hotmail.com
Taieb
Guillaume
G
Gras-Combe
Guillaume
G
Labauge
Pierre
P
D000328:Adult; D002188:Cannabis / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D020766:Intracranial Embolism / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008385:Marijuana Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000150:complications; D020521:Stroke / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology