Cocaine, cardiomyopathy, and heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: Although the cardiotoxic effects of cocaine are universally recognized, the association between cocaine and cardiomyopathy and/or heart failure is poorly understood. To conduct a comprehensive review and meta-analysis on the association between cocaine, heart failure, and cardiomyopathy, we first conducted a broad-term search in PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Scopus for human studies containing primary data on the relationship between cocaine and heart failure or cardiomyopathy. We were interested in studies with data beyond acute coronary syndromes. Retrieved studies were grouped into different categories based on possible hypotheses to test by meta-analysis. A second search with specific terms was then conducted. For grouped studies with sufficient clinical and methodological homoge

SUBMITTER: Arenas DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7666138 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature