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  • Title: Methamphetamine-associated acute left ventricular dysfunction: a variant of stress-induced cardiomyopathy.
    Author: Srikanth S, Barua R, Ambrose J.
    Journal: Cardiology; 2008; 109(3):188-92. PubMed ID: 17728543.
    Abstract:
    This brief report describes a case of transient left ventricular dysfunction in a 42-year-old woman associated with methamphetamine abuse. Transient (stress-induced) left ventricular dysfunction has been described previously, usually in postmenopausal women following emotional stress and also severe medical illness. This is the first reported case associated with methamphetamine abuse.
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