Sudden Cardiac Death of a Body Packer Due to Cocaine Cardiotoxicity

This article presents a case of sudden cardiac death due to the effects of cocaine concealed in the body of a male drug smuggler in his 40s, a so-called body packer. A total of 57 body packets filled with cocaine powder were discovered in his body cavities. The detailed autopsy examination, includin...

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Autores principales: Pramanik, Parthasarathi, Vidua, Raghvendra Kumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Libertas Academica 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5123768/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27932899
http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/CPath.S41070
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description This article presents a case of sudden cardiac death due to the effects of cocaine concealed in the body of a male drug smuggler in his 40s, a so-called body packer. A total of 57 body packets filled with cocaine powder were discovered in his body cavities. The detailed autopsy examination, including histopathology and toxicology findings, is discussed with the aim of describing the mechanism of cocaine intoxication in the body packer and an analysis of cocaine-induced cardiotoxicity and sudden death.
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spelling pubmed-51237682016-12-08 Sudden Cardiac Death of a Body Packer Due to Cocaine Cardiotoxicity Pramanik, Parthasarathi Vidua, Raghvendra Kumar Clin Med Insights Pathol Case Report This article presents a case of sudden cardiac death due to the effects of cocaine concealed in the body of a male drug smuggler in his 40s, a so-called body packer. A total of 57 body packets filled with cocaine powder were discovered in his body cavities. The detailed autopsy examination, including histopathology and toxicology findings, is discussed with the aim of describing the mechanism of cocaine intoxication in the body packer and an analysis of cocaine-induced cardiotoxicity and sudden death. Libertas Academica 2016-11-24 /pmc/articles/PMC5123768/ /pubmed/27932899 http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/CPath.S41070 Text en © 2016 the author(s), publisher and licensee Libertas Academica Ltd. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 3.0 License.
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title_sort sudden cardiac death of a body packer due to cocaine cardiotoxicity
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5123768/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27932899
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