• Am J Emerg Med · Nov 2012

    Case Reports

    ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in a 37-year-old man with normal coronaries--it is not always cocaine!

    • Shitij Arora, Hemant Goyal, Prachi Aggarwal, and Atul Kukar.
    • Division of Cardiology, Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, New York-Presbyterian Health Care System, Affiliate Weil Medical College of Cornell University, Brooklyn, NY, USA. drshitij@yahoo.com
    • Am J Emerg Med. 2012 Nov 1;30(9):2091.e3-5.

    AbstractHeart disease is one of the leading causes of death in the United States. With the increase in substance abuse, the incidence of acute myocardial infarction (MI) in younger population has been on the rise. Traditionally, cocaine has been blamed for acute MI; however, recently, there have been more incidences of marijuana as an inciting factor. We present a case of marijuana-induced acute MI and discuss the proposed mechanism.

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