Electroconvulsive Therapy in an Elderly Patient with Severe Aortic Stenosis: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is one of the safest treatment options for psychiatric illnesses with no absolute contraindications. However, certain medical conditions including cardiac ailments such as aortic stenosis are associated with increased risk with ECT. We present the case of a 74-year-ol...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Singla, Himanshu, Grover, Sandeep
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5968655/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29875541
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/IJPSYM.IJPSYM_152_17
_version_ 1783325813128560640
author Singla, Himanshu
Grover, Sandeep
author_facet Singla, Himanshu
Grover, Sandeep
author_sort Singla, Himanshu
collection PubMed
description Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is one of the safest treatment options for psychiatric illnesses with no absolute contraindications. However, certain medical conditions including cardiac ailments such as aortic stenosis are associated with increased risk with ECT. We present the case of a 74-year-old female who was suffering from severe depression with psychotic symptoms (which had not responded to two adequate trials of antidepressants), along with severe aortic stenosis, who was managed with modified bilateral ECT and review the available literature.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-5968655
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2018
publisher Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-59686552018-06-06 Electroconvulsive Therapy in an Elderly Patient with Severe Aortic Stenosis: A Case Report and Review of Literature Singla, Himanshu Grover, Sandeep Indian J Psychol Med Case Report Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is one of the safest treatment options for psychiatric illnesses with no absolute contraindications. However, certain medical conditions including cardiac ailments such as aortic stenosis are associated with increased risk with ECT. We present the case of a 74-year-old female who was suffering from severe depression with psychotic symptoms (which had not responded to two adequate trials of antidepressants), along with severe aortic stenosis, who was managed with modified bilateral ECT and review the available literature. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC5968655/ /pubmed/29875541 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/IJPSYM.IJPSYM_152_17 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Indian Psychiatric Society - South Zonal Branch http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
spellingShingle Case Report
Singla, Himanshu
Grover, Sandeep
Electroconvulsive Therapy in an Elderly Patient with Severe Aortic Stenosis: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title Electroconvulsive Therapy in an Elderly Patient with Severe Aortic Stenosis: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title_full Electroconvulsive Therapy in an Elderly Patient with Severe Aortic Stenosis: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title_fullStr Electroconvulsive Therapy in an Elderly Patient with Severe Aortic Stenosis: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title_full_unstemmed Electroconvulsive Therapy in an Elderly Patient with Severe Aortic Stenosis: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title_short Electroconvulsive Therapy in an Elderly Patient with Severe Aortic Stenosis: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title_sort electroconvulsive therapy in an elderly patient with severe aortic stenosis: a case report and review of literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5968655/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29875541
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/IJPSYM.IJPSYM_152_17
work_keys_str_mv AT singlahimanshu electroconvulsivetherapyinanelderlypatientwithsevereaorticstenosisacasereportandreviewofliterature
AT groversandeep electroconvulsivetherapyinanelderlypatientwithsevereaorticstenosisacasereportandreviewofliterature

Ejemplares similares