A Young Man with Myocardial Infarction due to Trenbolone Acetate; a Case Report.
Over the four decades, a significant decrease has been observed in age-related mortality caused by cardiovascular disease. People in developing countries suffer from CAD at a relatively younger age and about half of MI occurs under the age of fifty years. Abuse of anabolic steroids is one of the less common causes of atherosclerosis. In this report, a 23-year-old body builder male referred to emergency department (ED) with myocardial infarction (MI) following chronic Trenbolone acetate consumption. It seems that a comprehensive history of steroid consumption in young patients referred to ED with the chief complaint of chest pain or its equivalents is necessary in adjunct to other cardiac risk factors.
Road Traffic Injury Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Kavous
K
Shahsavari Nia
Department of Emergency medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Farzad
F
Rahmani
Department of Emergency Medicine, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran.
Hanieh
H
Ebrahimi Bakhtavar
Young Researchers Club, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.
Yashar
Y
Hashemi Aghdam
Road Traffic Injury Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Moloud
M
Balafar
Chest pain; anabolic agents; myocardial infarction; young adult