ReviewInternational journal of legal medicine2007
Sudden cardiac death during anabolic steroid abuse: morphologic and toxicologic findings in two fatal cases of bodybuilders.
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- Forensic approach in cases of anabolic-androgenic steroid abuse and cardiovascular mortality: insights from autopsy, histopathology, immunohistochemistry and toxicology.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Review
- Specific alterations of regional myocardial work in strength-trained athletes using anabolic androgenic steroids compared to athletes with genetic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.Journal of sport and health science · 2023Article
- Nandrolone Decanoate and Swimming Affects Cardiodynamic and Morphometric Parameters in the Isolated Rat Heart.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Reduced arterial elasticity after anabolic-androgenic steroid use in young adult males and mice.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Differences in Nervous Autonomic Control in Response to a Single Session of Exercise in Bodybuilders Using Anabolic Androgenic Steroids.Journal of human kinetics · 2021Article
- Forensic Post-Mortem Investigation in AAS Abusers: Investigative Diagnostic Protocol. A Systematic Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Effects of Exogenous Androgens on Platelet Activity and Their Thrombogenic Potential in Supraphysiological Administration: A Literature Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Sudden Cardiac Death in Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Users: A Literature Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2020Review
- Anabolic Steroid Use and Aortic Dissection in Athletes: A Case Series.Oman medical journal · 2020Article
- Acute myocardial infarction with cardiogenic shock in a young physically active physician concurrently using the anabolic steroid sustanon: A case report.Biomedical reports · 2020Article
- Anabolic-androgenic steroids and cardiovascular risk.Chinese medical journal · 2019Review
- Sudden cardiac death in anabolic androgenic steroids abuse: case report and literature review.Forensic sciences research · 2019Article
- Heart Reaction to Nandrolone Decanoate plus Two Different Intensities of Endurance Exercise: Electrocardiography and Stereological Approach.Addiction & health · 2018Article
- Detection and quantification of 12 anabolic steroids and analogs in human whole blood and 20 in hair using LC-HRMS/MS: application to real cases.International journal of legal medicine · 2017Article
- Medico-legal perspectives on sudden cardiac death in young athletes.International journal of legal medicine · 2017Review
- Stevens-Johnson syndrome and abuse of anabolic steroids.Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons · 2017Article
- The effects of chronic administration of nandrolone decanoate on redox status in exercised rats.Molecular and cellular biochemistry · 2016Article
- Nandrolone Plus Moderate Exercise Increases the Susceptibility to Lethal Arrhythmias.Research in cardiovascular medicine · 2015Article
- Anabolic Androgenic Steroid (AAS) related deaths: autoptic, histopathological and toxicological findings.Current neuropharmacology · 2015Review
- Androgens and stroke: good, bad or indifferent?Experimental neurology · 2014Review
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7 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
We report two cases of sudden cardiac death (SCD) involving previously healthy bodybuilders who were chronic androgenic-anabolic steroids users. In both instances, autopsies, histology of the organs, and toxicologic screening were performed. Our findings support an emerging consensus that the effects of vigorous weight training, combined with anabolic steroid use and increased androgen sensitivity, may predispose these young men to myocardial injury and even SCD.
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