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We evaluated whether recent cocaine use alters the specificity of CK-MB, myoglobin, and cardiac troponin I for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in patients who are seen in the emergency department for chest pain. Patients <60 years old with potential myocardial ischemia underwent a standardized
OBJECTIVE
To define the temporal characteristics of cocaine-induced coronary vasoconstriction in humans and to assess the relation between cocaine-induced coronary vasoconstriction and the blood concentration of cocaine and its main metabolites.
METHODS
Randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical
The most common complications of cocaine ingestion are on the cardiovascular and central nervous systems and produce chest pain and generalized seizures. In humans, decreased levels of butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) (EC 3.1.1.8) have been associated with sustained effects of cocaine and