Methamphetamine-associated acute left ventricular dysfunction: a variant of stress-induced cardiomyopathy.

This brief report describes a case of transient left ventricular dysfunction in a 42-year-old woman associated with methamphetamine abuse. Transient (stress-induced) left ventricular dysfunction has been described previously, usually in postmenopausal women following emotional stress and also severe medical illness. This is the first reported case associated with methamphetamine abuse. Copyright 2007 S. Karger AG, Basel.