Can opium abuse be a risk factor for carotid stenosis in patients who are candidates for coronary artery bypass grafting?

Cardiology Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 254-258

  Shirani, Shapour ^a   Shakiba, Madjid ^a   Soleymanzadeh, Maryam ^a   Esfandbod, Maryam ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid stenosis; Opium abuse

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPIATE ADDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SURGICAL MORTALITY; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CAROTID STENOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY STENOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY STENOSIS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; OPIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 77953338183     PISSN: 18975593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Kalant H. Opium revisited. A brief review of its nature, composition, non-medical use and relative risks. Addiction, 1997; 92: 267-278.
2. Venturac H, Spurgeon H, Lakatta EG et al. Kappa and delta opioid receptor stimulation affects cardiac myocyte function and Ca release from intracellular intracellular poll in myocytes and neurons. Circ Res, 1992; 70: 66-81.
3. Tai KK, Bian CF, Wong TM. Kappa-opioid receptor stimulation increases intracellular free calcium in isolated rat ventricular myocytes. Life Scien, 1992; 51: 909-913.
4. Brink O, Delbridge LM, Rosenfeldt F. Endogenous cardiac opioids: Enkephalins in adaptation and protection of the heart. Heart Lung Circ, 2003; 12: 178-187.
5. Van den Brink OW, Delbridge LM, Rosenfeldt FL et al. Endogenous cardiac opioids: enkephalins in adaptation and protection of the heart. Heart Lung Circ, 2003; 12: 178-187.
6. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR) 2004.
7. HIV/AIDS and injecting drug abuse in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2004 HIV/AIDS and injecting drug abuse in the Islamic Republic of Iran. In: Best practice in HIV/AIDS prevention and care for injecting drug abusers. The Triangular Clinic in Kermanshah, Islamic Republic of Iran, Cairo, Egypt: World Health Organization, regional office for the Eastern Mediterranean 2004.
8. World Drug Report. Analysis-Full Report. United Nations on Drugs and Crime 2006.
9. Rajabzade G, Ramezani M, Shakibi M. Prevalence of opium addiction in Iranian drivers. J Med Sci, 2004; 4: 210-213.
10. Meysamie M, Sedaghat M, Mahmoodi S, Ghodsi M, Eftekhar B. Opium use in a rural area of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Eastern Mediterranean Health J, 2009; 15: 425-431.
11. Ahmadi J, Rayisi T, Alishahi M et al. Analysis of opium use by students of medical sciences. German J Psychiatry, 2003; 3: 56-59.
12. Ziaaddini H, Ziaaddini MR. The household survey of drug abuse in Kerman, Iran. J App Sci. Res, 2005; 5: 380-382.
13. Goodman Gilman A, Goodman LS. The pharmacological basis of therapeutics. 7th Ed. McGraw Hill, New York 2001.
14. Shults JE, Gross GJ. Opioids and cardioprotection. Pharmacol Ther, 2001; 89: 123-137.
15. Marmor M, Penn A, Widmer K, Levin RI, Maslansky R. Coronary artery disease and opioid use. Am J Cardiol, 2004; 93: 1295-1297.
16. Frassdorf J, Weber NC, Obal D, Toma O, Mullenheim J, Kojda G. Morphine induces late cardioprotection in rat hearts in vivo: The involvement of opioid receptors and nuclear transcription factor kappaB. Anesth Analg, 2005; 101: 934-941.
17. Mohammadi A, Darabi M, Nasry M, Saabet-Jahromi JS, Afshar RM, Sheibani H. Effect of opium addiction on lipid profile and atherosclerosis formation in hypercholesterolemic rabbits. Experim Toxic Pathol, 2009; 61: 145-149.
18. Asgary S, Sarrafzadegan N, Naderi G, Rozbehani R. Effect of opium addiction on new and traditional cardiovascular risk factors: Do duration of addiction and route of administration matter? Lipids Health Dis, 2008; 7: 42.
19. Fatemi S, Hasanzadeh M, Arghami A, Sargolzaee M. Lipid profile comparison between opium addicts and non-addicts. J The Univ Heart Ctr, 2008; 3: 169-172.
20. Karam GA, Reisi M, Kaseb AA, Khaksari M, Mohammadi A, Mahmoodi M. Effects of opium addiction on some serum factors in addicts with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Addict Biol, 2004; 9: 53-58.