Cannabis: A trigger for acute myocardial infarction? A case report

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 725-728

  Cappelli, Francesco ^a   Lazzeri, Chiara ^a   Gensini, Gian Franco ^a   Valente, Serafina ^a  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Marijuana; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CANNABIS SMOKING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONVULSIVE THERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DRUG ELUTING STENT; DRUG INTOXICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; OBESITY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; TOXICOLOGY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUTE DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; STENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STENTS;

EID: 55249103712     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e3282f2cd0d     Document Type: Article

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