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. 1990 Jul;64(1):23–24. doi: 10.1136/hrt.64.1.23

Acute myocardial infarction caused by intravenous amphetamine abuse.

G E Packe 1, M J Garton 1, K Jennings 1
PMCID: PMC1024283  PMID: 2390398

Abstract

A man aged 27 years presented with an acute myocardial infarction after injecting himself intravenously with amphetamine. Soon after admission ventricular fibrillation developed. This was successfully cardioverted. Coronary arteriography was normal.

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