PULMONARY VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH METHAMPHETAMINE ABUSE: A FIRST CASE DESCRIPTION
Anno:
2024
Background. Recreational methamphetamine is widely used worldwide (about 35 million people), mainly as 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA). A definite association has been established between methamphetamine and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). This drug-associated form of PAH shares histological, clinical and hemodynamic characteristics, prognosis and treatment strategies with idiopathic PAH. However, the association…