Cocaine and the heart - bad news for risk/reward

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Editorial

Jules C Hancox et al. J Mol Cell Cardiol Plus. 2025.

. 2025 Jul 24:13:100477.

doi: 10.1016/j.jmccpl.2025.100477. eCollection 2025 Sep.

¹ Cardiovascular Research Laboratories, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Biomedical Sciences Building, University Walk, BS8 1TD, UK.

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Keywords: Apoptosis; Cardiotoxicity; Cocaine; Glycolysis; QT interval; Transcriptome.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interests to declare.

Myocardial damage post short-term self-administration cocaine usage in rat.
Saleem MZ, Liu T, Song N, McReynolds J, Gao C. Saleem MZ, et al. J Mol Cell Cardiol Plus. 2025 Jul 1;13:100475. doi: 10.1016/j.jmccpl.2025.100475. eCollection 2025 Sep. J Mol Cell Cardiol Plus. 2025. PMID: 40686504 Free PMC article.

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