Health: Cocaine may cause heart attack symptoms (AP)

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Cocaine may cause heart attack symptoms
    (AP)

 

AP - Younger ER patients with heart attack symptoms should be asked if they've recently used cocaine, which can cause similar chest pain, the American Heart Association warns doctors. For these patients, honesty can be a matter of life or death: Some heart attack treatments can be deadly to someone using cocaine.


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