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Clin Cardiol
; 24(3): 177-81, 2001 Mar.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11288961
ABSTRACT
Both cocaine use and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection alone have been associated with an increased incidence of cardiac dysfunction. Concomitant exposure to cocaine and HIV infection may exacerbate the cardiac toxicity of either agent alone, a hypothesis that is examined in this review article. A possible unifying hypothesis based on enhancement of adrenergic stimulation is proposed.