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Anabolic steroid use in two young men was associated with myocardial infarction and extensive intracoronary thrombosis that failed to resolve despite anticoagulation.
Anabolic steroid use in young men can be associated with myocardial infarction and extensive, anticoagulation-resistant intracoronary thrombosis.
Alerts clinicians to consider anabolic steroids in young men with unexplained MI and refractory thrombosis; hypothesis-generating case data requiring confirmation.
Anabolic steroids have been associated with a variety of adverse reactions, including myocardial infarction. We report two cases of myocardial infarction in young men on anabolic steroids. In both men, extensive intracoronary thrombosis was demonstrated at coronary angiography; this failed to resolve despite anticoagulation.
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Fisher et al. (1996) studied this question. Anabolic steroid use in two young men was associated with myocardial infarction and extensive intracoronary thrombosis that failed to resolve despite anticoagulation.
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