Key result
Cocaine causes diverse cardiovascular toxicity and remains the leading cause of drug-related emergency visits.
Why the study?
Cocaine causes diverse and often severe adverse cardiovascular effects leading to many emergency department visits, but its varied effects and therapeutic options require comprehensive description.
Design
Review article
Cocaine is a leading cause of drug-abuse-related emergency department visits, primarily due to diverse and severe adverse cardiovascular effects.
Cocaine is the leading cause for drug-abuse-related visits to emergency departments, most of which are due to cardiovascular complaints. Through its diverse pathophysiological mechanisms, cocaine exerts various adverse effects on the cardiovascular system, many times with grave results. Described here are the varied cardiovascular effects of cocaine, areas of controversy, and therapeutic options.
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Havakuk et al. (2017) studied this question. Cocaine exerts diverse and severe adverse effects on the cardiovascular system, making it the leading cause of drug-abuse-related emergency department visits.
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