ABDULRAHMAN S. ALRADAEI,HESHAM A. ALFAKIH,MUHAMED T. OSMAN
DOI: https://doi.org/Cathinone, cathine, and norephedrine are the main active ingredients in khat. The main active ingredient in khat leaves, catehinone, shares structural and functional characteristics with amphetamine. Khat use is a risk factor for the start of AMI on its own. Khat users were typically older men, more likely to present late, had higher heart rates, had a higher Killip class when admitted, had a higher risk of ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction, and were less likely to have a history of coronary artery disease or cardiovascular risk factors. Khat users were at higher risk for ventricular arrhythmia, stroke, cardiogenic shock, recurrent myocardial ischaemia, and mortality.
