Central nervous system infarction related to cocaine abuse.
Author(s) -
Michael Daras,
Alan J. Tuchman,
Stephen Marks
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.22.10.1320
Subject(s) - medicine , vasospasm , cardiology , infarction , anterior spinal artery , myocardial infarction , neurovascular bundle , anesthesia , vasculitis , incidence (geometry) , stroke (engine) , surgery , spinal cord , subarachnoid hemorrhage , psychiatry , disease , mechanical engineering , physics , optics , engineering
Cocaine use in the United States has reached epidemic proportions, and increased availability of "crack" since 1983 has noticeably increased the incidence of neurovascular complications. In this report, we examine the relationship between cocaine use and ischemic infarct.
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