[Acute myocardial dysfunction after nasal infiltration with cocaine].

نویسندگان

  • Tomás Datino
  • Manuel Martínez-Sellés
  • Juan Quiles
  • Miriam Suárez
  • Fernando Sarnago Cebada
  • Julio I Osende
چکیده

We report the case of a patient with severe myocardial dysfunction after nasal infiltration of cocaine during septoplasty. Complete recovery of myocardial function was observed in twelve days. Several reports have described chronic cardiomyopathy in long-term cocaine users, but only one case of acute cardiomyopathy. None of these cases were related to the medical use of cocaine.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Revista espanola de cardiologia

دوره 56 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2003