Citation

Hausmann R, Hammer S, Betz P. Int. J. Legal Med. 1998; 111(5): 261-264.

Affiliation

Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9728754

Abstract

The case of sudden cardiac death of a 23-year-old body builder who used anabolic steroids combined with other performance enhancing drugs is reported. Postmortem investigations revealed cardiac hypertrophy, acute cellular necrosis and interstitial fibrosis of the myocardium. The side-effects and interactions of the substances used are discussed.

Language: en