Abstract

Critical ischemia due to cocaine abuse

Author(s): Burgo Jansen, Jim Reekers, Bert Jan van den Born and Loes Oskam

As cocaine use is relatively common in the western society and continues to increase, the number of cocaine-related cardiovascular complications and deaths has risen. This case report shows a 30-year-old male with progressive pain and ulcers of the fingertips, and abnormalities during angiography based on peripheral ischemia caused by chronic cocaine use.