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16243122

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-10-24
pubmed:abstractText
We describe a case of acute myocardial infarction in a 19-year-old woman reporting a history of occasional cocaine abuse with last exposure 4 days before symptom onset, otherwise at low cardiovascular risk. Coronary angiography showed thrombotic occlusion of anterior descending coronary artery without atherosclerotic plaques, and complete recanalization of the vessel after anticoagulation with enoxaparine. Hypercoagulability evaluation revealed the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies. We suppose that cocaine abuse may have had a delayed effect as trigger of acute myocardial infarction. This action may be due to cocaine-induced endothelial activation and to a synergic prothrombotic activity of cocaine and antiphospholipid antibodies.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0167-5273
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
2
pubmed:volume
105
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
236-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-1-25
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Acute myocardial infarction in a young woman with antiphospholipid syndrome and occasional cocaine abuse.
pubmed:publicationType
Letter, Case Reports