1. Death after misuse of anabolic substances (clenbuterol, stanozolol and metandienone).
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Lehmann S, Thomas A, Schiwy-Bochat KH, Geyer H, Thevis M, Glenewinkel F, Rothschild MA, Andresen-Streichert H, and Juebner M
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- Adult, Anabolic Agents analysis, Androstanols urine, Clenbuterol analysis, Clomiphene urine, Coronary Vessels pathology, Fatal Outcome, Heart Failure chemically induced, Humans, Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular pathology, Male, Methandrostenolone analysis, Stanozolol analysis, Testosterone analogs & derivatives, Testosterone urine, Trenbolone Acetate blood, Trenbolone Acetate urine, Anabolic Agents adverse effects, Clenbuterol adverse effects, Doping in Sports, Methandrostenolone adverse effects, Stanozolol adverse effects
- 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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- 2019
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