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Cocaine abuse and coronary artery dissection.

K E Eskander1, N S Brass, E T Gelfand.   

Abstract

A 33-year-old man with a history of recent cocaine use presented with dissection of the left main coronary artery extending distally to involve the left anterior descending (LAD) and circumflex arteries. He required emergency four-vessel aortocoronary bypass, which was uncomplicated.

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Year:  2001        PMID: 11216774     DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(00)02141-x

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Ann Thorac Surg        ISSN: 0003-4975            Impact factor:   4.330


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1.  A 'sniff' away from death: a case of cocaine-induced coronary artery dissection.

Authors:  Ioannis Merinopoulos; David Bloore; Philip Read
Journal:  Oxf Med Case Reports       Date:  2017-10-26
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