Clozapine-induced cardiac failure

A 73-year-old woman with dementia was given clozapine for treatment-resistant psychotic symptoms. Subsequently, she developed cardiac failure. Caution should be exercised when using clozapine, especially in the elderly.

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Autores principales: Thomas, Kuruvilla, Susan, Sr, Jayaprakash, KK
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2006
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2913565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20703403
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.31607
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spelling pubmed-29135652010-08-11 Clozapine-induced cardiac failure Thomas, Kuruvilla Susan, Sr Jayaprakash, KK Indian J Psychiatry Case Report A 73-year-old woman with dementia was given clozapine for treatment-resistant psychotic symptoms. Subsequently, she developed cardiac failure. Caution should be exercised when using clozapine, especially in the elderly. Medknow Publications 2006 /pmc/articles/PMC2913565/ /pubmed/20703403 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.31607 Text en © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2913565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20703403
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.31607
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