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A large number of chemical compounds, including drugs of abuse and certain medications, have proven harmful effects on different components of the cardiovascular system, especially on the myocardium; hence, some authours use the term chemical cardiomyopathy to refer to these negative effects.
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Lucena, J.S., Garamendi, P.M., Guzzo-Merello, G., García-Pavía, P. (2015). Cardiovascular Pathology Secondary to Alcohol Consumption, Drugs of Abuse and Medication. In: Lucena, J., García-Pavía, P., Suarez-Mier, M., Alonso-Pulpon, L. (eds) Clinico-Pathological Atlas of Cardiovascular Diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11146-9_11
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