title: Acute myocardial involvement after heroin inhalation.
abstract: Amongst the illicit drugs cocaine, amphetamines and cannabis have been studied and documented well to cause myocardial infarction by different mechanisms but there is very sparse data available on myocardial involvement after heroin abuse. We report a young man who developed acute myocardial injury after heroin inhalation and alcohol binge drinking. Heroin induced cardio toxic effect and vasospasm compounded by alcohol were suspected to be the cause of this.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Era's Lucknow Medical College, Sarfarazganj, Hardoi Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Ritu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Karoli
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fatima
authors.forename: Pushker
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Khursheed I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Kazmi
keywords: Acute myocardial infarction; binge drinking; heroin abuse; myocardial infarction in young