Arterial Consequences of Recreational Drug Use

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 389-396

  Coughlin, P A ^a   Mavor, A I D ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intra arterial injection; Intravenous drug abuse; Pseudoaneurysm

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CANNABIS; COCAINE; RECREATIONAL DRUG; THROMBIN;

AMPUTATION; ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTERITIS; ARTERY PUNCTURE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CLAUDICATION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DEBRIDEMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FALSE ANEURYSM; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LIMB ISCHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORACIC AORTA; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ANEURYSM, FALSE; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; SEPSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 33748436716     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2006.03.003     Document Type: Review

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