Volume 31, Issue 1 p. 91-94

Marijuana-induced recurrent acute coronary syndrome with normal coronary angiograms

ALI M. SAFAA

Corresponding Author

ALI M. SAFAA

College of Medicine, Babylon University, Babylon, Iraq

Ali M. Safaa MBChB, Doctor, Ryan Markham MBBS, Doctor, Rohan Jayasinghe MBBS, PhD, FRACP, Professor. Dr Ali Safaa, Gold Coast Hospital, 108 Nerang Street, Southport, Qld 4215, Australia. Tel: +61 0432088636; Fax: +61 0755327697; E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author
RYAN MARKHAM

RYAN MARKHAM

Department of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Kensington

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ROHAN JAYASINGHE

ROHAN JAYASINGHE

Cardiology Department, Gold Coast Hospital, Gold Coast, Australia

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First published: 07 June 2011
Citations: 29

Abstract

We report a case of a man in his 40s presented to the emergency department twice, 1 month apart, with severe ischaemic sounding chest pain within 1 h of smoking marijuana on both occasions. He had elevated serial biomarkers and ischaemic electrocardiogram changes. His coronary angiograms on both episodes were entirely normal along with normal echocardiogram. This potentially suggests a coronary vasospasm as an underlying mechanism for these non-ST elevation myocardial infarctions. This should alert clinicians and the public alike to this potential risk of cannabis use.[Safaa AM, Markham R, Jayasinghe R. Marijuana-induced recurrent acute coronary syndrome with normal coronary angiograms. Drug Alcohol Rev 2012;31:91–94]

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