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Successful electroconvulsive therapy for depression in a man with cerebral amyloid angiopathy
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is a condition characterised by accumulation of amyloid beta protein (Aβ) in the wall of cerebral blood vessels which increases the risk of intracranial haemorrhage and contributes to cognitive impairment. We describe the case of a man around the age of 70 with ‘pro...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7871242/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33547125 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-238922 |
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author | Schurgers, Geert Arts, Baer M G Postma, Alida A de Kort, Anna |
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description | Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is a condition characterised by accumulation of amyloid beta protein (Aβ) in the wall of cerebral blood vessels which increases the risk of intracranial haemorrhage and contributes to cognitive impairment. We describe the case of a man around the age of 70 with ‘probable’ CAA according to the modified Boston criteria and severe depression whose depression was treated successfully with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). To the best of our knowledge, there are no earlier published reports of ECT in a patient with CAA. We briefly discuss possible safety measures for these patients, the impact of ECT on cognition in CAA and a possible influence of ECT on Aβ clearance. |
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spelling | pubmed-78712422021-02-18 Successful electroconvulsive therapy for depression in a man with cerebral amyloid angiopathy Schurgers, Geert Arts, Baer M G Postma, Alida A de Kort, Anna BMJ Case Rep Case Report Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is a condition characterised by accumulation of amyloid beta protein (Aβ) in the wall of cerebral blood vessels which increases the risk of intracranial haemorrhage and contributes to cognitive impairment. We describe the case of a man around the age of 70 with ‘probable’ CAA according to the modified Boston criteria and severe depression whose depression was treated successfully with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). To the best of our knowledge, there are no earlier published reports of ECT in a patient with CAA. We briefly discuss possible safety measures for these patients, the impact of ECT on cognition in CAA and a possible influence of ECT on Aβ clearance. BMJ Publishing Group 2021-02-05 /pmc/articles/PMC7871242/ /pubmed/33547125 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-238922 Text en © BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2021. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Schurgers, Geert Arts, Baer M G Postma, Alida A de Kort, Anna Successful electroconvulsive therapy for depression in a man with cerebral amyloid angiopathy |
title | Successful electroconvulsive therapy for depression in a man with cerebral amyloid angiopathy |
title_full | Successful electroconvulsive therapy for depression in a man with cerebral amyloid angiopathy |
title_fullStr | Successful electroconvulsive therapy for depression in a man with cerebral amyloid angiopathy |
title_full_unstemmed | Successful electroconvulsive therapy for depression in a man with cerebral amyloid angiopathy |
title_short | Successful electroconvulsive therapy for depression in a man with cerebral amyloid angiopathy |
title_sort | successful electroconvulsive therapy for depression in a man with cerebral amyloid angiopathy |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7871242/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33547125 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-238922 |
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