Open AccessEpicardial coronary artery intimal smooth muscle hyperplasia in a Cocaine user
Author(s) -
Tapan Bhavsar,
Tanisha Hayes,
John Wurzel
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
world journal of cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1949-8462
DOI - 10.4330/wjc.v3.i10.337
Subject(s) - medicine , intimal hyperplasia , artery , lesion , cardiology , smooth muscle , hyperplasia , right coronary artery , coronary arteries , coronary angiography , pathology , myocardial infarction
Accelerated epicardial coronary artery atherosclerosis has been well-documented in cocaine users. There are only two reported cases of cocaine-associated diffuse intimal expansion by proliferated smooth muscle cells causing significant coronary luminal compromise. This type of lesion histologically resembled chronic transplant arteriopathy. Here, we report a third such case.