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Docs urged to ask young heart patients about cocaine

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  • Cocaine use can result in symptoms that look like a heart attack
  • Cocaine-related chest pain is a heart attack in only 1 percent to 6 percent of patients
  • 2 common heart attack treatments can be dangerous to those using cocaine
  • Admitting illegal substance use confidential; info won't be reported to authorities
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