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Treatment of cocaine cardiovascular toxicity: a systematic review

John R. RichardsDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA; Correspondence[email protected]
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Dariush GarberDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA;
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Erik G. LaurinDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA;
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Timothy E. AlbertsonDepartment of Internal Medicine, Divisions of Toxicology, Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA;
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Robert W. DerletDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA;
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Ezra A. AmsterdamDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA;
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Kent R. OlsonDepartments of Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco, Medical Director, California Poison Control System, San Francisco Division, San Francisco, CA, USA;
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Edward A. RamoskaDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA;
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Richard A. LangeDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX, USA
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Pages 345-364 | Received 27 Aug 2015, Accepted 10 Jan 2016, Published online: 26 Feb 2016

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