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Myocardial Infarction Due to Cocaine

Doron Zamir, Ilan Leibovitz, Ilia Polychuck, Tetiana Reitblat

Department of Medicine D, Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon

Cocaine is a common drug. Myocardial infarcts and brain infarcts related to the use of cocaine were previously reported in the medical literature. We report a 34 year old patient admitted for severe chest pain, a few minutes after cocaine use. He was found to have an acute myocardial infarction with significant left ventricle dysfunction. Coronarography conducted a few days later was found to be normal. Cocaine use may cause acute myocardial infarction in young and healthy people with no other risk factors.