Is chronic cocaine abuse associated with increased left ventricular mass index and wall thickness?
Chronic cocaine abuse is associated with left ventricular hypertrophy, potentially increasing the risk of myocardial ischemia and arrhythmias.
Chronic cocaine abuse is associated with increased left ventricular mass index and wall thickness. Left ventricular hypertrophy may provide a substrate facilitating the development of myocardial ischemia and/or arrhythmias in cocaine abusers.
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