Open AccessReversible dilated cardiomyopathy induced by methamphetamine
Author(s) -
Jacobs L. J.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960121211
Subject(s) - medicine , discontinuation , methamphetamine , cardiomyopathy , cardiology , heart failure , ventricular function , dilated cardiomyopathy
This brief report details the case of a woman who was thought, after extensive evaluation, to have idiopathic congestive cardiomyopathy. It was subsequently found that systolic ventricular dysfunction was due to amphetamine abuse, and that ventricular function normalized after discontinuation of this drug.