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Title
Ventricular tachycardia induced by abuse of ephedrine in a young healthy woman.
Authors
Rakovec, Peter; Kozak, Matija; Sebestjen, Miran
Abstract
Ephedrine or ephedra herbal products have occasionally been used to enhance sports performance and energy or to aid weight loss. The most serious side effects are those on cardiovascular function, including acute myocardial infarction, severe hypertension, myocarditis and lethal cardiac arrhythmias.
Publication
Wiener klinische Wochenschrift, 2006, Vol 118, Issue 17-18, p558