Cardiac and Systemic Thrombus Caused by Drug Abuse
Drug abuse is an increasing concern all over the world especially in the United States. Methamphetamine have been well established to cause elevated body temperature, irregular heartbeat, seizures, and heart disease. We present a case of ventricular thrombus with systemic emboli in a patient with di...
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| author | John Eliveha Shravani Vindhyal Mohinder Vindhyal |
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| description | Drug abuse is an increasing concern all over the world especially in the United States. Methamphetamine have been well established to cause elevated body temperature, irregular heartbeat, seizures, and heart disease. We present a case of ventricular thrombus with systemic emboli in a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy after methamphetamine use. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0b937e85cfc64807bc2c3e914ef209d72025-02-03T01:23:45ZengWileyCase Reports in Cardiology2090-64042090-64122019-01-01201910.1155/2019/50836245083624Cardiac and Systemic Thrombus Caused by Drug AbuseJohn Eliveha0Shravani Vindhyal1Mohinder Vindhyal2Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas, 1001 N Minneapolis St., Wichita, KS 67214, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas, 1001 N Minneapolis St., Wichita, KS 67214, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas, 1001 N Minneapolis St., Wichita, KS 67214, USADrug abuse is an increasing concern all over the world especially in the United States. Methamphetamine have been well established to cause elevated body temperature, irregular heartbeat, seizures, and heart disease. We present a case of ventricular thrombus with systemic emboli in a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy after methamphetamine use.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/5083624 |
| spellingShingle | John Eliveha Shravani Vindhyal Mohinder Vindhyal Cardiac and Systemic Thrombus Caused by Drug Abuse Case Reports in Cardiology |
| title | Cardiac and Systemic Thrombus Caused by Drug Abuse |
| title_full | Cardiac and Systemic Thrombus Caused by Drug Abuse |
| title_fullStr | Cardiac and Systemic Thrombus Caused by Drug Abuse |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cardiac and Systemic Thrombus Caused by Drug Abuse |
| title_short | Cardiac and Systemic Thrombus Caused by Drug Abuse |
| title_sort | cardiac and systemic thrombus caused by drug abuse |
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