Aortic thrombus causing myocardial infarction after recreational MDMA use

Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016 Oct;17(10):1187. doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jew123. Epub 2016 Jun 19.

Authors

Alexandros Papachristidis¹, Max Baghai², Raj Patel³, Mark J Monaghan⁴, Philip MacCarthy⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK alexandros.papachristidis@nhs.net.
² Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
³ Department of Haematological Medicine, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, London, UK.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

PMID: 27325808
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jew123

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Angina Pectoris / diagnostic imaging*
Angina Pectoris / pathology
Aorta / diagnostic imaging*
Aorta / pathology
Chest Pain / diagnosis
Chest Pain / etiology
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography / methods
Electrocardiography / methods
Humans
Male
Myocardial Infarction / diagnostic imaging*
Myocardial Infarction / pathology
N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine / adverse effects*
Risk Assessment
Thrombectomy / methods
Thrombosis / complications
Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging*
Thrombosis / surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
Treatment Outcome
Troponin T / blood*
Young Adult

Substances

Troponin T
N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine