Cardiac toxicity from recreational drug use remains difficult to establish. We report the cases
of 3 young patients who were hospitalized for cardiogenic shock. All were bridged to …

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Alcohol and tobacco are the two legally available recreational drugs that are commonly
misused in the United Kingdom, and their adverse eVects on cardiovascular function have …

CHAPTER Cardiac Toxicity Due to Drugs Page 385 34 CHAPTER Cardiac Toxicity Due to Drugs
Spencer C Greene, Stephen Sanders INTRODUCTION Improper use of medication, whether …

Potential heart and lung donors with a history of illicit drugs and/or smoking and alcohol are
frequently offered, though there is no clear guidance on when it is safe to use these organs …

Context—Active substance abuse is widely accepted as a contraindication for heart
transplantation because of the theory that relapse would occur after transplantation and …

Cardiac-toxicity can be defined as the harm to cardiovascular health caused by chemical
agents. In the context of cardiotoxic drugs the most common class of drugs that are …

We report on the transplantation of a cardiac allograft from a donor with prolonged exposure
to anorexigens. This event allowed us to not only examine the early pathological alterations …

The consumption of recreational drugs has reached epidemic proportions. Forty five million
European Union citizens have used cannabis at some time, with proportionately higher use …

Substance abuse cessation is one of the leading factors in determining the eligibility for the
heart transplantation waiting list, as noncompliance with this issue may seriously endanger …