"Bath salts" induced severe reversible cardiomyopathy

American Journal of Case Reports

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages 288-291

  Sivagnanam, Kamesh ^a   Chaudari, Dhara ^a   Lopez, Pablo ^a   Sutherland, Michael E ^a   Ramu, Vijay K ^a  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

Author keywords

3,4 methylenedioxypyrovalerone; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Mephedrone

Indexed keywords

4' METHYLMETHCATHINONE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; METHYLENEDIOXYPYROVALERONE; NORADRENALIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGITATION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; FOOT EDEMA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOKINESIA; HYPOTENSION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PATIENT COUNSELING; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SEROLOGY; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84881042530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19415923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.889381     Document Type: Article

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