Evaluation of regional myocardial perfusion in methamphetamine abusers using real-time myocardial contrast echocardiography.

CONCLUSIONS: Real-time MCE can effectively detect coronary microcirculation abnormalities in methamphetamine abusers at rest and myocardial perfusion is significantly reduced in methamphetamine abusers. This finding may be involved in the occurrence and development of cardiac damage. PMID: 30779832 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30779832?dopt=Abstract

Source: Medical Ultrasonography - February 21, 2019 Category: Radiology Tags: Med Ultrason Source Type: research