American Heart Association statement: Management of Cocaine-

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Circulation has featured a statement by the American Heart Association on the management of cocaine-associated chest pain and myocardial infarction.

The review focuses on the following areas:
• pathophysiology
• timing between cocaine use and myocardial infarction
• clinical presentation, and complications
• therapeutic strategies including beta-blockers, GTN, calcium channel blockers, phentolamine, and antiplatelet agents and antithrombin agents.
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