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Association between marijuana use and electrocardiographic abnormalities by middle age: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study.

Julian JakobOdile StalderLamprini SyrogiannouliMark J PletcherEric VittinghoffHongyan NingKali TalJamal S RanaStephen SidneyDonald M Lloyd-JonesReto Auer
Published in: Addiction (Abingdon, England) (2020)
In a middle-aged US population, life-time cumulative and occasional current marijuana use were not associated with increases in electrocardiogram abnormalities. This adds to the growing body of evidence that occasional marijuana use and cardiovascular disease events and markers of subclinical atherosclerosis are not associated.
Keyphrases
  • cardiovascular disease
  • coronary artery
  • young adults
  • middle aged
  • pulmonary artery
  • type diabetes
  • heart failure
  • cardiovascular risk factors
  • metabolic syndrome
  • left atrial
  • coronary artery disease