Although the cardiotoxic effects of cocaine are universally recognized, the association
between cocaine and cardiomyopathy and/or heart failure is poorly understood. To conduct …

Background Cocaine abuse is a public health burden. Cocaine is known to cause
vasospasm and acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The prevalence of AMI in patients …

Background Gastric cancer is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Over one-
half of patients have advanced disease at the time of presentation, leading to a significant …

Cocaine abuse increases the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD) and
causes acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and hypertension (HTN). Significant research has …

Background Cocaine use has been associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes in
patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). It is unclear whether this is due to direct effects …

Introduction HEART score is widely used to stratify patients with chest pain in the emergency
department but has never been validated for cocaine-associated chest pain (CACP). We …

REFERENCES 1. https://www. cdc. gov/nchs/data/nhamcs/web_tables/
2015_ed_web_tables. pdf (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: National Hospital …

This study was conducted to reflect the clinical profile of patients presented to Emergency
department (ED) with complications of acute coronary syndrome in develo** country like …

Objectives The aim of this study was to determine the impact of invasive approaches and
revascularization in patients with cocaine-associated non–ST-segment elevation myocardial …

Introduction: Angiodysplasia is the most common vascular lesion of the gastrointestinal (GI)
tract. However, limited epidemiological data exists on hospitalizations related to …