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Cocaine Use and the Likelihood of Nonfatal Myocardial Infarction and Stroke
Author(s) -
Adnan I. Qureshi,
M. Fareed K. Suri,
Lee R. Guterman,
L. Nelson Hopkins
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.103.4.502
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , cocaine use , national health and nutrition examination survey , myocardial infarction , odds ratio , confidence interval , body mass index , population , diabetes mellitus , demography , psychiatry , environmental health , endocrinology , mechanical engineering , sociology , engineering
Numerous case series have implicated cocaine use as a cause of both myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke on the basis of the temporal relationship between drug use and event onset. Increasing cocaine use in the US population, especially in younger individuals, mandates a more extensive investigation of this relationship.

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