Stimulant drugs of abuse and cardiac arrhythmias

P Dominic, J Ahmad, H Awwab… - Circulation …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Nonmedical use of prescription and nonprescription drugs is a worldwide epidemic, rapidly
growing in magnitude with deaths because of overdose and chronic use. A vast majority of …

Methamphetamine-associated heart failure: a systematic review of observational studies

V Manja, A Nrusimha, Y Gao, A Sheikh, M McGovern… - Heart, 2023 - heart.bmj.com
Objective To conduct a systematic review of observational studies on methamphetamine-
associated heart failure (MethHF). Methods Six databases were searched for original …

Cardiomyopathy-associated hospital admissions among methamphetamine users: geographical and social disparities

Z Al-Yafeai, S Ali, J Brown, M Venkataraj, MS Bhuiyan… - JACC: Advances, 2024 - jacc.org
Background Methamphetamine is an emerging drug threat. The disparity in cardiomyopathy-
associated hospital admissions among methamphetamine users (CAHMA) over the decade …

Socioeconomic burden of rising methamphetamine-associated heart failure hospitalizations in California from 2008 to 2018

SX Zhao, A Deluna, K Kelsey, C Wang… - … Quality and Outcomes, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Methamphetamine-associated cardiomyopathy/heart failure (MethHF) is an
increasingly recognized disease entity in the context of a rising methamphetamine (meth) …

Fentanyl and other opioid involvement in methamphetamine-related deaths

Z Dai, MA Abate, CP Groth, T Rucker… - The American Journal …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Methamphetamine-related deaths have been rising along with those involving
synthetic opioids, mostly fentanyl and fentanyl analogs (FAs). However, the extent to which …

Effects of moderate-intensity exercise on social health and physical and mental health of methamphetamine-dependent individuals: a randomized controlled trial

J Xu, Z Zhu, X Liang, Q Huang, TZ Zheng… - Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objective Methamphetamine (MA)-dependent individuals' health problems are widespread
and need to be solved urgently. Exercise is considered a potential treatment for MA …

Methamphetamine toxicities and clinical management

PO Coffin, LW Suen - NEJM evidence, 2023 - evidence.nejm.org
Methamphetamine use has increased over the past 15 years, with corresponding increases
in associated morbidity and mortality. Toxicities from methamphetamine use largely consist …

Clinical Correlates and Outcomes of Methamphetamine‐Associated Cardiovascular Diseases in Hospitalized Patients in California

L Curran, G Nah, GM Marcus, Z Tseng… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Methamphetamine misuse affects 27 million people worldwide and is
associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD); however, risk factors for CVD among users …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondrial dysfunction and autophagy activation are associated with cardiomyopathy developed by extended methamphetamine self-administration in rats

CS Abdullah, NS Remex, R Aishwarya, S Nitu… - Redox Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
The recent rise in illicit use of methamphetamine (METH), a highly addictive
psychostimulant, is a huge health care burden due to its central and peripheral toxic effects …

[HTML][HTML] Electronic medical record–based case phenotyping for the charlson conditions: scoping review

S Lee, C Doktorchik, EA Martin… - JMIR medical …, 2021 - medinform.jmir.org
Background Electronic medical records (EMRs) contain large amounts of rich clinical
information. Developing EMR-based case definitions, also known as EMR phenotyping, is …