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Simultaneous Thrombosis of the Left Anterior Descending Artery and the Right Coronary Artery in a 34-Year-Old Crystal Methamphetamine Abuser
This case report underscores that crystal methamphetamine abuse is an important cause of multivessel coronary thrombosis and raises doubts about the therapeutic options. The patient was a 34-year-old smoker and crystal methamphetamine abuser with no significant medical history, who presented with re...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4372982/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25810738 http://dx.doi.org/10.4070/kcj.2015.45.2.158 |
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author | Khaheshi, Isa Mahjoob, Mohammad Parsa Esmaeeli, Shooka Eslami, Vahid Haybar, Habib |
author_facet | Khaheshi, Isa Mahjoob, Mohammad Parsa Esmaeeli, Shooka Eslami, Vahid Haybar, Habib |
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description | This case report underscores that crystal methamphetamine abuse is an important cause of multivessel coronary thrombosis and raises doubts about the therapeutic options. The patient was a 34-year-old smoker and crystal methamphetamine abuser with no significant medical history, who presented with retrosternal chest pain associated with cold sweats. Twelve-lead electrocardiogram revealed diffuse ST-segment elevation in I, II, AVL, AVF, and V 2-6 leads. He underwent urgent coronary angiography and it showed Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) grade 3 flow in coronary arteries and presence of a thrombus in the left anterior descending artery (LAD) and the right coronary artery (RCA). The patient underwent medical therapy with antiplatelet agents and anticoagulants. Repeat coronary angiography after three months of dual therapy with warfarin and aspirin did not show any thrombus or any significant lesion in the RCA and the LAD having TIMI grade 3 flow. |
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spelling | pubmed-43729822015-03-25 Simultaneous Thrombosis of the Left Anterior Descending Artery and the Right Coronary Artery in a 34-Year-Old Crystal Methamphetamine Abuser Khaheshi, Isa Mahjoob, Mohammad Parsa Esmaeeli, Shooka Eslami, Vahid Haybar, Habib Korean Circ J Case Report This case report underscores that crystal methamphetamine abuse is an important cause of multivessel coronary thrombosis and raises doubts about the therapeutic options. The patient was a 34-year-old smoker and crystal methamphetamine abuser with no significant medical history, who presented with retrosternal chest pain associated with cold sweats. Twelve-lead electrocardiogram revealed diffuse ST-segment elevation in I, II, AVL, AVF, and V 2-6 leads. He underwent urgent coronary angiography and it showed Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) grade 3 flow in coronary arteries and presence of a thrombus in the left anterior descending artery (LAD) and the right coronary artery (RCA). The patient underwent medical therapy with antiplatelet agents and anticoagulants. Repeat coronary angiography after three months of dual therapy with warfarin and aspirin did not show any thrombus or any significant lesion in the RCA and the LAD having TIMI grade 3 flow. The Korean Society of Cardiology 2015-03 2015-03-24 /pmc/articles/PMC4372982/ /pubmed/25810738 http://dx.doi.org/10.4070/kcj.2015.45.2.158 Text en Copyright © 2015 The Korean Society of Cardiology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Khaheshi, Isa Mahjoob, Mohammad Parsa Esmaeeli, Shooka Eslami, Vahid Haybar, Habib Simultaneous Thrombosis of the Left Anterior Descending Artery and the Right Coronary Artery in a 34-Year-Old Crystal Methamphetamine Abuser |
title | Simultaneous Thrombosis of the Left Anterior Descending Artery and the Right Coronary Artery in a 34-Year-Old Crystal Methamphetamine Abuser |
title_full | Simultaneous Thrombosis of the Left Anterior Descending Artery and the Right Coronary Artery in a 34-Year-Old Crystal Methamphetamine Abuser |
title_fullStr | Simultaneous Thrombosis of the Left Anterior Descending Artery and the Right Coronary Artery in a 34-Year-Old Crystal Methamphetamine Abuser |
title_full_unstemmed | Simultaneous Thrombosis of the Left Anterior Descending Artery and the Right Coronary Artery in a 34-Year-Old Crystal Methamphetamine Abuser |
title_short | Simultaneous Thrombosis of the Left Anterior Descending Artery and the Right Coronary Artery in a 34-Year-Old Crystal Methamphetamine Abuser |
title_sort | simultaneous thrombosis of the left anterior descending artery and the right coronary artery in a 34-year-old crystal methamphetamine abuser |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4372982/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25810738 http://dx.doi.org/10.4070/kcj.2015.45.2.158 |
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