The role of illicit drug use in sudden death in the young

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 27, Issue S1, 2017, Pages S75-S79

  Fischbach, Peter ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

amphetamine; cocaine; heroin; Recreational drug use; sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; ANTITHROMBIN III; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; DIAMORPHINE; ENDOTHELIN 1; FIBRINOGEN; METHADONE; MIDOMAFETAMINE; PROTEIN C; THROMBOXANE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; STREET DRUG;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRADYCARDIA; CORONARY ARTERY CONSTRICTION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DRUG USE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MYOCARDITIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; QT PROLONGATION; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; THROMBOSIS; ADOLESCENT; COMPLICATION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AMPHETAMINES; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HEROIN; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SMOKING; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 85009783216     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951116002274     Document Type: Article

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