A M Raso, I Visentin, S Zan, P Rispoli, M Conforti, D Moniaci, M Ortensio
The incidence of vascular complications due to drug abuse is at present increasing due to new types of drugs and to the different ways of intake of such substances. The vascular complications related to drug abuse may affect venous, arterious and lymphatic districts and in particular: ischemia following intra-arterial injections, arterious and venous pseudoaneurysm, vasculitis, aneurysms, aortic dissections, abscesses complicated by erosions of vessels, arteriovenous fistulas, compartment syndrome, superficial and deep venous thrombosis, septic trombophlebitis, puffy hand syndrome...
October 2000: Minerva Cardioangiologica