Letter to the editor: "Reversible cardiomyopathy associated with acute inhaled marijuana use in a young adult"

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 432-434

  Ting, Joseph Y S ^a  

^a Mater Public Hospitals ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Marijuana; Ventricular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID; CANNABIS; DIAMORPHINE; DIAZEPAM; DROPERIDOL; FENTANYL; METHADONE; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; SALICYLIC ACID; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGITATION; CANNABIS SMOKING; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; URINALYSIS; VITAL SIGN; ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CONFUSION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; URINE;

CANNABIS SATIVA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CANNABINOIDS; CANNABIS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CONFUSION; DIAZEPAM; DROPERIDOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HEART RATE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MARIJUANA SMOKING; SMOKING;

EID: 34248136430     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650601073587     Document Type: Letter

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