Cocaine-induced myocardial infarction

Abstract

The increased distribution and access to cocaine, lead to an increase of morbidity and mortality associated with its use. Cocaine use has been associated with cardiovascular diseases, among them ischemia and myocardial infarction. Since the first report of association between the use of cocaine, myocardial ischemia and infarction in 1982, the cardiovascular effects of cocaine have been extensively studied in order to establish its pathophysiological mechanism, structural changes, methods of diagnosis, prognosis and homodynamic effects. This study reports a case of multiple myocardial infarction induced by the use of cocaine with necroscopic study.

Cocaine; Myocardial infarction; Autopsy