All routes of cocaine use were associated with abnormal electrocardiographic findings, including potentially fatal rhythm disturbances. As such, all patients using cocaine merit equal medical ...

Cocaine abuse is now a serious concern and it will continue to be in the years to come. In the USA alone it is estimated there are 1.6 million current cocaine users, with 1.1 million classified as ...

The ECG abnormalities investigated included AF, recent ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), right ... and substantive differences between stroke subtypes was ...

Postinfarction ventricular septal rupture (PIVSR) is a rare but serious complication of acute myocardial infarction. Determining how to conduct surgical repair safely is critical. We compared the ...

We classified 145 consecutively admitted patients into stroke subtypes based on clinical findings, brain imaging, and carotid ultrasound. Both transesophageal and transthoracic echocardiography were ...