A fatal case of myocardial damage due to misuse of the "designer drug" MDMA.
Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) November 2009 Rie Sano, Toshikazu Hasuike, Minoru Nakano et al.
A 39-year-old woman collapsed after oral intake of 3,4-methylenedioxymethyl-amphetamine (MDMA, "ecstasy"). After ingestion of the drug, she had felt persistent discomfort in her anterior chest area, and lost consciousness for a few minutes on the following morning. She was transported to a hospital and died seven days after collapse. A serum sample obtained on admission revealed an MDMA...