Synthetic Marijuana Induced Acute Nonischemic Left Ventricular Dysfunction

الملخص EN

Synthetic marijuana is an uptrending designer drug currently widely spread in the US.

We report a case of acute deterioration of nonischemic left ventricular dysfunction after exposure to synthetic marijuana.

This case illustrates the importance of history taking in cardiac patients and identifies a negative cardiovascular effect of synthetic marijuana known as K2, not yet well detected by urine toxicology screening tools.