PMID: 16512005Mar 4, 2006Paper

Drug addicts as cardiovascular patients

Revue médicale suisse
N DucreyD Hayoz

Abstract

Drug addicts very often present with vascular complications. A great number of these lesions require medical care. Vascular problems are diverse and multiple affecting both veins and arteries, the latter being often the most dramatic. This article attempt to describe the most frequent lesions observed in drug addicts considering two different mechanisms; traumatic versus drug induced complications.

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