A study by Dr. Varun Kamar at Mount Sinai Hospital decided to check the smallest vessels in the body of two groups of people who came with chest pain : those who used cocaine and those who did not. The results were clear: small boats were heavily affected by cocaine use. They were too dilated, which caused blood to flow too quickly and could easily lead to problems like chest pain and even a heart attack. The major problem is that this damage is not easily detected or checked in most incidents of chest pain: only in the larger arteries. Often this results in treatment being abandoned because doctors failed to detect any problems in the most obvious areas. So users continue to put their lives at risk by using cocaine and damaging these small blood vessels. Unfortunately, this only increases their risk of developing various heart problems. Cocaine will raise your blood pressure The stimulant effect of cocaine will immediately raise your blood pressure to dangerous levels due to the excessive dilation mentioned previously. Although this increase in blood pressure is only temporary, it can still cause a variety of concerns, including