• DOI:10.1097/CRD.0000000000000103
Corpus ID: 205566342

Marijuana Use and Cardiovascular Disease

@article{Franz2016MarijuanaUA,
  title={Marijuana Use and Cardiovascular Disease},
  author={Christopher A. Franz and W. Frishman},
  journal={Cardiology in Review},
  year={2016},
  volume={24},
  pages={158–162}
}

Christopher A. Franz, W. Frishman

Published 2016

Medicine

Cardiology in Review

Marijuana is currently the most used illicit substance in the world. With the current trend of decriminalization and legalization of marijuana in the US, physicians in the US will encounter more patients using marijuana recreationally over a diverse range of ages and health states. Therefore, it is relevant to review marijuana’s effects on human cardiovascular physiology and disease. Compared with placebo, marijuana cigarettes cause increases in heart rate, supine systolic and diastolic blood… CONTINUE READING

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