Misimi, Vulnet; Mohammed, Muhemin; Stamou, Konstantinos; Mitsis, Andreas; Sakellaropoulos, Panagiotis; Tounissidou, Despoina; Sakellaropoulos, Stefanos (2022). Amphetamine Use Revealing Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in a Young Patient. Journal of medical cases, 13(4), pp. 192-195. Elmer Press 10.14740/jmc3915
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Adrenergic overstimulation in long term can lead to a hyperdynamic myocardium and give rise to hypertrophy and ultimately to heart failure. Amphetamine use is a common cause of neurohormonal activation, which gives rise to such adverse cardiovascular events. However, hypertrophy of myocardium in young patients, even due to apparently obvious causes, should always be considered as a red flag and a further diagnostic downstream should take place, in order to exclude genetic causes. We present a case of a young man with chronic use of amphetamine and an incidental finding of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Further Contribution) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Cardiovascular Disorders (DHGE) > Clinic of Cardiology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Mohammed, Muhemin, Sakellaropoulos, Stefanos |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
1923-4163 |
Publisher: |
Elmer Press |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pubmed Import |
Date Deposited: |
26 Apr 2022 14:50 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 16:19 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.14740/jmc3915 |
PubMed ID: |
35464329 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Cardiac MRI Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Myopericarditis Sudden cardiac death |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/169517 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/169517 |
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