A Rare yet Morbid Complication of Cocaine Use: Brugada Type 1 on Electrocardiogram

Cocaine is considered a leading non-opioid cause of drug overdose in the US. It acts as a sympathomimetic and increases the amount of catecholamines, thereby increasing the risk of ventricular irritability and resultant arrhythmias. Its sodium (Na) channel blockage is the principal mechanism behind...

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Autores principales: Noori, Muhammad Atif Masood, Fichadiya, Hardik, Jesani, Shruti, Abid, Fareeha, Sachdeva, Nikhita, Saeed, Hasham, Jawed, Qirat, Elkattawy, Sherif, Joshi, Meherwan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9122013/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35602832
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.24309

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9122013/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35602832
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.24309

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