Key result
Long-term, high-dose anabolic-androgenic steroid use in a 32-year-old male bodybuilder was associated with an unexplained ischemic cerebrovascular accident and signs of cardiomyopathy.
Case Report (n=1)
Long-term, high-dose anabolic-androgenic steroid use may be associated with severe cardiovascular and cerebrovascular adverse events such as cardiomyopathy and ischemic stroke.
Raises caution for stroke and cardiomyopathy in young anabolic steroid users; hypothesis-generating case report requiring controlled confirmation.
In brief: This case report describes a 32-year-old bodybuilder who sustained an ischemic cerebrovascular accident and showed signs of cardiomyopathy. No cause was found for either condition, but he had been using steroids for 16 years. Questions remain about the association between the two conditions and steroid use, and the full effects of long-term, high-dose steroid use have yet to be elucidated. As steroid use becomes more popular among athletes, the medical community must be alert to the possible adverse effects of these substances.
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Mochizuki et al. (1988) conducted a case report in Ischemic cerebrovascular accident and cardiomyopathy (n=1). Anabolic-androgenic steroid use was evaluated on Ischemic cerebrovascular accident and cardiomyopathy. Long-term, high-dose anabolic-androgenic steroid use in a 32-year-old male bodybuilder was associated with an unexplained ischemic cerebrovascular accident and signs of cardiomyopathy.
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