A young man with acute anterior wall myocardial infarction after Cannabis abuse: Identification of perivascular edema of the culprit lesion after plaque rupture using cardiovascular magnetic resonance tomography

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Global Journal of Medical and Clinical Case Reports volume6-issue1 articles
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Submitted: May 14, 2019
Published: Jun 15, 2019
DOI: 10.17352/2455-5282.000069
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Cannabis abuse, Myocardial infarction, Cardio mri, Perivascular edema, Plaque rupture

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Ali Halboos*
Head of the Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Protestant Hospital, Wiescherstrasse 24, 44623 Herne, Germany

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Halboos, A. (2019). A young man with acute anterior wall myocardial infarction after Cannabis abuse: Identification of perivascular edema of the culprit lesion after plaque rupture using cardiovascular magnetic resonance tomography. Global Journal of Medical and Clinical Case Reports, 6(1), 010–011. https://doi.org/10.17352/2455-5282.000069
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