Pulmonary arterial hypertension in heroin users

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2016 Jul;35(7):932-4. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2016.03.019. Epub 2016 Mar 31.

Authors

Julie Traclet¹, Chahéra Khouatra¹, Fabrice Piégay¹, Ségolène Turquier¹, Sabrina Zeghmar¹, Jean-François Mornex¹, Jean-Francois Cordier¹, Vincent Cottin¹

Affiliation

¹ Hospices Civils de Lyon, Louis Pradel Hospital, Department of Respiratory Diseases, National Reference Centre for Rare Pulmonary Diseases, Regional Competence Centre for Severe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, INRA, UMR754, Lyon, France.

PMID: 27172831
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2016.03.019

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
France / epidemiology
Heroin / adverse effects*
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / epidemiology
Hypertension, Pulmonary / etiology*
Incidence
Male
Middle Aged
Narcotics / adverse effects
Opioid-Related Disorders / complications*
Opioid-Related Disorders / epidemiology
Risk Factors

Substances

Narcotics
Heroin