Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 42, Issue 3 , Pages 365-369 , September 2003

Coronary no-flow and ventricular tachycardia associated with habitual marijuana use

  • Shereif H Rezkalla, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Shereif H. Rezkalla, MD, Director of Cardiovascular Research, Department of Cardiology, Marshfield Clinic, 1000 North Oak Avenue, Marshfield, WI 54449; 715-387-5845, fax 715-389-3808
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  • Param Sharma, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI, USA
    • ,
  • Robert A Kloner, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The Heart Institute, Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Received 20 December 2002 ,Revised 9 April 2003 ,Accepted 17 April 2003.

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☆ The authors report this study did not receive any outside funding or support.

PII: S0196-0644(03)00426-8

doi: 10.1016/S0196-0644(03)00426-8

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 42, Issue 3 , Pages 365-369 , September 2003

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