Amphetamine abusers face blood vessel risk
Study finds more than triple the odds of aortic tear
By Nathan Seppa
In case it isn’t already clear that amphetamine abuse is a bad idea, researchers now report that abusers face more than three times the risk of developing a tear in the aorta, the huge artery carrying blood out of the heart. Physicians consider such a tear an emergency with catastrophic potential.
The new findings appear in the August American Heart Journal.
The new findings appear in the August American Heart Journal.