Methamphetamine-related stroke reported in postmortem series
| Publication | Findings |
| Logan et al 27 methamphetamine deaths (n=146, all ages) | 2 (1.4%) methamphetamine/disease-caused deaths were due to berry aneurysm and subarachnoid haemorrhage. |
| Karch et al
28 Methamphetamine deaths (n=413) Drug-free trauma control (n=114) (all ages) | 10 (2.4%) cases of subarachnoid and intracranial haemorrhage among those deaths where methamphetamine was detected compared with none in control group. Concluded that methamphetamine use is strongly associated with subarachnoid haemorrhage. |
| Kaye et al
29 Methamphetamine deaths (n=371, all ages) | 17 (5%) due to cerebral haemorrhage. Cerebrovascular complications were significantly more common in females. |