Synthetic Marijuana Induced Acute Nonischemic Left Ventricular Dysfunction. 2016

Moustafa Elsheshtawy, and Priatharsini Sriganesh, and Vasudev Virparia, and Falgun Patel, and Ashok Khanna
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Coney Island Hospital, Brooklyn, NY 11235, USA.

Synthetic marijuana is an uptrending designer drug currently widely spread in the US. We report a case of acute deterioration of nonischemic left ventricular dysfunction after exposure to synthetic marijuana. This case illustrates the importance of history taking in cardiac patients and identifies a negative cardiovascular effect of synthetic marijuana known as K2, not yet well detected by urine toxicology screening tools.

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