Torsade de Pointes: are psychotropic drugs at the heart of the matter? A retrospective case-control study led at the Montreal Heart Institute

Introduction Psychotropic drugs are the first-line medications in the treatment of psychosis, bipolar, anxiety and depressive disorders. Some of these psychoactive agents are suspected to be linked to rare, but lethal, ventricular arrhythmias, known as Torsade de Pointes (TdP). Most of the studies...

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Main Authors: E. Laszlo, S. Cyr, R. Tadros, M.-C. Guertin, C. Fiset, J. Brouillette
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2023-03-01
Series:European Psychiatry
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S092493382301129X/type/journal_article