lThis is straight out of The United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE). If a patient comes to you with chest pain, one question you must always ask is their use of substances, specifically cocaine. According to Billy May's autopsy report, Cocaine use was contributed to the heart disease.Cocaine can raise the arterial blood pressure, directly cause thickening of the left wall of the ventricle and accelerate the formation of atherosclerosis in the coronary arteries. Drugs are bad hmmk?
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