Methamphetamine-Associated Acute Left Ventricular Dysfunction: A Variant of Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy

Abstract

This brief report describes a case of transient left ventricular dysfunction in a 42-year-old woman associated with methamphetamine abuse. Transient (stress-induced) left ventricular dysfunction has been described previously, usually in postmenopausal women following emotional stress and also severe medical illness. This is the first reported case associated with methamphetamine abuse.