Researchers identify key step in cocaine-induced heart enlargement, sudden death

Cocaine, in concentrations commonly sold on the street, causes the abnormal buildup of primitive proteins in heart muscle – a process causing heart enlargement that can ultimately lead to sudden death, report researchers at the University of South Florida College of Medicine and James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news76856618.html">Researchers identify key step in cocaine-induced heart enlargement, sudden death</a></p> <p>Cocaine, in concentrations commonly sold on the street, causes the abnormal buildup of primitive proteins in heart muscle – a process causing heart enlargement that can ultimately lead to sudden death, report researchers at the University of South Florida College of Medicine and James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital.</p>