It is a popular belief, that marijuana smoking is not harmful to health. Some publications, however, suggest its possible association with mental, respiratory and cardiovascular complications, but not with venous thromboembolism. The authors describe a case of severe pulmonary embolism in a mildly
A 29-year-old male patient was treated and followed up for a pulmonary embolism. The patient had no relevant medical history, other than the fact that he had smoked bonzai, a synthetic cannabinoid derivative, for 2 years. Hypercoagulability tests were normal. The use of synthetic cannabinoids is
Tetra-hydro-cannabinoids (THC) can modulate the coagulation cascade resulting in hypercoagulability. However, the clinical relevance of these findings has not been investigated. The aim of our study was to evaluate the impact of pre-injury marijuana exposure on thromboembolic
Introduction: Heavy cannabis use is known to have an adverse impact on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular outcomes in the general population and in patients presenting for surgery. However, there have been no studies that have focused on
Cannabis is known to have cardiovascular and psychoactive effectsThe association between active cannabis use disorder and postoperative outcomes remains unclear WHAT THIS MANUSCRIPT TELLS US THAT IS NEW: In the United States, administrative data demonstrate that cannabis use disorder
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