Recurrent embolic stroke and cocaine-related cardiomyopathy.
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Recurrent embolic stroke and cocaine-related cardiomyopathy.
Ischemic stroke temporally related to cocaine abuse has become increasingly common in young adults. Despite this relation, however, the pathogenesis of infarction in many of these patients remains obscure. I report the case of a 39-year-old man who developed occlusion of the frontopolar branches of the left middle cerebral artery 1 hour after intravenous cocaine use. Eleven days later he develo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Stroke
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0039-2499,1524-4628
DOI: 10.1161/01.str.22.9.1203