[Myocardial infarction and death of a body builder after using anabolic steroids].

A 28 year-old bodybuilder died of myocardial infarction, caused by coronary atheroslerosis. Other autopsy findings were fibrosis interstitialis myocardii and endocardii. The increased atheromatosis in this patient may have progressed because of use of anabolic steroids in combination with an protein-rich diet containing 2-3 g cholesterol daily. The patient ignored the heart-related warning signals throughout several months. The reason for this could be the mental changes caused by the anabolic steroids. Therefore, patients taking anabolic steroids need increased attention.