Cannabis-induced myocardial infarction in a 27-year-old man: Case report

Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome presenting with ventricular bigeminy

“…The search covered PubMed and Embase, included years 2000–2022, and was limited to articles in English. Since then, there has been one case report that reported on the association of cannabis with myocardial infraction (Aissaoui et al 2022 ) and one study that examined the association of self-reported cannabis use with cardiac arrhythmias (Harding et al 2022 ). The cardiac arrhythmias noted in the latter included supraventricular tachycardias and PVCs.…”

Paroxysmal Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia with Cardiac Arrest and Myocardial Infarction in 29-Year-Old Man Addicted to Medical Marijuana—It Never Rains but It Pours

“…Young healthy men without cardiovascular risk factors often present with transient (classified as non-ST acute coronary syndromes) or persistent ST-segment elevations, and soared troponin concentrations with no inflammatory markers elevation or findings of myocarditis on MRI (which was observed in the presented case) [ 25 ]. Moreover, marijuana has been recognized as a significant contributor to early-onset cardiovascular diseases next to cocaine, amphetamines and alcohol [ 26 , 27 ]. A recent cross-sectional study, using pooled data from the 2017 and 2018 cohorts of the American Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey of US adults, showed that history of myocardial infarction was more frequent among recent cannabis users relative to nonusers (adjusted odds ratio [OR] 2.07, 95% CI, 1.12–3.82) and was associated with cannabis use of more than four times per month (OR 2.31, 95% CI, 1.18–4.50), and with smoking as a primary method of consumption (adjusted OR 2.01, 95% CI, 1.02–3.98) [ 28 ].…”