Kelly M. Chin, MD; Richard N. Channick, MD, FCCP and Lewis J. Rubin, MD, FCCP
* From the Department of Internal Medicine (Dr. Chin), Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, St. Paul University Hospital, Dallas, TX; and Department of Internal Medicine (Drs. Channick and Rubin), Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA.
Correspondence to: Richard Channick, MD, 9330 Campus Point Dr, MC 7381, La Jolla, CA 92037; e-mail: [email protected]
Abstract
Background: Amphetamine, methamphetamine, and cocaine are suspected of being pulmonary hypertension risk factors based on a small number of case reports along with pharmacologic similarities to fenfluramine, a diet drug associated with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). We sought to determine whether rates of stimulant use are increased in patients believed to have idiopathic PAH compared with patients with PAH and known risk factors and patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH).
http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/content ... type=HWCIT
* From the Department of Internal Medicine (Dr. Chin), Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, St. Paul University Hospital, Dallas, TX; and Department of Internal Medicine (Drs. Channick and Rubin), Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA.
Correspondence to: Richard Channick, MD, 9330 Campus Point Dr, MC 7381, La Jolla, CA 92037; e-mail: [email protected]
Abstract
Background: Amphetamine, methamphetamine, and cocaine are suspected of being pulmonary hypertension risk factors based on a small number of case reports along with pharmacologic similarities to fenfluramine, a diet drug associated with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). We sought to determine whether rates of stimulant use are increased in patients believed to have idiopathic PAH compared with patients with PAH and known risk factors and patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH).
http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/content ... type=HWCIT
