Citation

Lehmann S, Thomas A, Schiwy-Bochat KH, Geyer H, Thevis M, Glenewinkel F, Rothschild MA, Andresen-Streichert H, Juebner M. Forensic Sci. Int. 2019; 303: e109925.

Affiliation

Institute of Legal Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. Electronic address: martin.juebner@uk-koeln.de.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.109925

PMID

31499423

Abstract

A 34-year old male was found breathless and panting at home by his girlfriend three hours after a gym workout. Minutes later, he collapsed and died. Autopsy, histological and chemical analyses were conducted. The examination of the heart showed left ventricular hypertrophy, while the right coronary artery showed only a small vascular lumen (3 mm in diameter), due to its anatomical structure. In femoral blood concentrations of approx. 1 μg/L clenbuterol, approx. 56 μg/L stanozolol and approx. 8 μg/L metandienone, with trenbolone (
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Language: en

Keywords

Anabolic-androgenic steroids; Bodybuilding; Clenbuterol; Death; Doping agents; Multi-drug abuse