Cardiovascular Complications of Marijuana and Related Substances: A Review.

ABSTRACT: The recreational use of cannabis has sharply increased in recent years in parallel with its legalization and decriminalization in several countries. Commonly, the traditional cannabis has been replaced by potent synthetic cannabinoids and cannabimimetics in various forms. Despite overwhelming public perception of the safety of these substances, an increasing number of serious cardiovascular adverse events have been reported in temporal relation to recreational cannabis use. These have included sudden cardiac death, vascular (coronary, cerebral and peripheral) events, arrhythmias and stress cardiomyopathy among others. Many of the victims of these events are relatively young men with few if any cardiovascular risk factors. However, there are reasons to believe that older individuals and tho

SUBMITTER: Singh A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5986667 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature