Burden of arrhythmia in recreational marijuana users

Int J Cardiol. 2018 Aug 1:264:91-92. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.03.113. Epub 2018 Mar 27.

Abstract

Marijuana or Cannabis is extensively used as a recreational substance globally. Case reports have reported cardiac arrhythmias immediately following recreational marijuana use. However, the burden of arrhythmias in hospitalized marijuana users have not been evaluated through prospective or cross-sectional studies. Therefore, we planned to measure temporal trends of the frequency of arrhythmias in hospitalized marijuana users using National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database in the United States.

Keywords: Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Cannabis; In-hospital mortality; Recreational marijuana; Trends.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac* / classification
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac* / diagnosis
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac* / epidemiology
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac* / etiology
  • Cannabis / adverse effects
  • Cost of Illness
  • Databases, Factual / statistics & numerical data
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Inpatients* / psychology
  • Inpatients* / statistics & numerical data
  • Male
  • Marijuana Smoking* / adverse effects
  • Marijuana Smoking* / epidemiology
  • Marijuana Smoking* / physiopathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Recreation
  • United States / epidemiology