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Acute myocardial infarction in a young adult male associated with the use of smokeless tobacco (Sweka)
Waleed Muhsin Ali, Rafid Fayadh Al-Aqeedi, AA Gehani
Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, India
Correspondence Address:
Rafid Fayadh Al-Aqeedi
Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, P. O. box 3050, Doha
India
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DOI: 10.4103/1995-705X.90906
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Dipping smokeless tobacco (ST) is used worldwide. We report a case of acute myocardial infarction in a young patient, who consumed smokeless tobacco (Sweka) for over one year. ST may be as harmful as smoking and carries adverse cardiac complications. A prompt call for restriction and prohibition is advised and its alternative use to quit smoking must be abandoned. |
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