RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Electric cigarette-related lung injury and cardiovascular insult
JF BMJ Case Reports
JO BMJ Case Reports
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP e238352
DO 10.1136/bcr-2020-238352
VO 14
IS 3
A1 Roxana Amirahmadi
A1 James Childress
A1 Sonika Patel
A1 Lee-Ann Wagner
YR 2021
UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/3/e238352.abstract
AB The cardiovascular effects of electronic cigarette use are unknown. Here we present a case describing a young, previously healthy patient without prior cardiopulmonary comorbidities who developed severe, acute cardiac dysfunction in the setting of e-cigarette use, in addition to the more commonly encountered respiratory symptoms. While pulmonary manifestations are characteristic of e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury (EVALI), the acute and reversible cardiomyopathy seen here has not been previously described in association with either EVALI or e-cigarette use.