Cardiovascular complications of cocaine: Imaging findings

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-19

  Restrepo, Carlos S ^a   Rojas, Carlos A ^b   Martinez, Santiago ^c   Riascos, Roy ^d   Marmol Velez, Alejandro ^a   Carrillo, Jorge ^e   Vargas, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; Cardiomyopathy; Cardiovascular system; Cocaine; Myocardial infarction; Myocarditis; Renal infarction; Stroke; Visceral ischemia

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; MYOCARDITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STROKE;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDITIS;

EID: 56349085892     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-008-0762-x     Document Type: Review

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