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01.02.2015 | e-Herz: Case study
Successful treatment of cocaine-induced cardiotoxicity with carvedilol therapy
verfasst von:
L. Öcal, Dr. H. Çakir, M. Tellice, S. İzci, E. Alizade, A.M. Esen
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Ausgabe 1/2015
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Excerpt
Cocaine is an alkaloid and one of the most frequently used illegal recreational drugs worldwide. A large variety of cardiovascular diseases are associated with cocaine use including myocardial ischemia and infarction [
1], myocarditis [
2,
3], cardiomyopathy [
4], arrhythmias and sudden death [
5], ruptured aorta [
6], accelerated atherosclerosis [
7], and endocarditis [
8]. Cocaine is responsible for this cardiotoxicity by different pathophysiological mechanisms. …