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Can a drug overdose lead to death by hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or is this condition always genetic?

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Dr. Jason Adler answered

Specializes in Pediatric Critical Care

Cardiomyopathy: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a genetically inherited condition. Having said that, a person using drugs could die from drug use and have this condition as well. It can predispose to abnormal heart rhythms which can be fatal and drug use can elicit abnormal heart rhythms.

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Answered 11/14/2016

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