Choi Y S, Pearl W R
Department of Medicine, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, Texas 79920-5001.
J Adolesc Health Care. 1989 Jul;10(4):332-7. doi: 10.1016/0197-0070(89)90068-5.
Adolescent drug abuse has been shown to be highly prevalent. Similarly, chest pain is a frequent complaint among adolescents. The cardiovascular effects of adolescent drug abuse, however, are infrequently considered. We present a case report of a 17-year-old drug abuser who presented with a myocardial infarction. The potential cardiovascular complications of the commonly abused drugs are discussed. When dealing with an adolescent with potential cardiovascular symptoms, we stress an awareness of the potential cardiovascular effects of drug abuse and that such cardiovascular effects are not unique to the habitual or intravenous drug abuser.
青少年药物滥用现象已被证明极为普遍。同样，胸痛也是青少年中常见的主诉。然而，青少年药物滥用对心血管系统的影响却很少被考虑。我们报告一例17岁药物滥用者发生心肌梗死的病例。文中还讨论了常见滥用药物可能引发的心血管并发症。在处理有潜在心血管症状的青少年患者时，我们强调要意识到药物滥用对心血管系统的潜在影响，且这种心血管影响并非惯常吸毒者或静脉吸毒者所特有。
