A case of Ventricular Tachycardia and Cardiac Arrest Associated with Sertraline and Mirtazapine Combination.
A 67-year-old male suffering from depressive symptomatology was admitted to the inpatient clinic at Firat University School of Medicine; and his psychiatric evaluation revealed major depressive episode according to DSM-IV. He developed chest discomfort, chest pain and shortness of breath of acute on...
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| description | A 67-year-old male suffering from depressive symptomatology was admitted to the inpatient clinic at Firat University School of Medicine; and his psychiatric evaluation revealed major depressive episode according to DSM-IV. He developed chest discomfort, chest pain and shortness of breath of acute onset accompanying pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT) leading to cardiac arrest following sertraline and mirtazapine combination treatment. He died after two days in the Intensive Care Unit. The present case suggests that psychiatrists should be aware of unexpected cardiac events, especially when they use combination treatments. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4b9d88d0ba0444f088a9c62f011a5aa12022-12-21T23:47:55ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesIranian Journal of Psychiatry1735-45872008-22152014-03-0191120A case of Ventricular Tachycardia and Cardiac Arrest Associated with Sertraline and Mirtazapine Combination.Murad Atmaca0Osman Mermi1University, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry,Elazig, TURKEYUniversity, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry,Elazig, TURKEYA 67-year-old male suffering from depressive symptomatology was admitted to the inpatient clinic at Firat University School of Medicine; and his psychiatric evaluation revealed major depressive episode according to DSM-IV. He developed chest discomfort, chest pain and shortness of breath of acute onset accompanying pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT) leading to cardiac arrest following sertraline and mirtazapine combination treatment. He died after two days in the Intensive Care Unit. The present case suggests that psychiatrists should be aware of unexpected cardiac events, especially when they use combination treatments.https://ijps.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijps/article/view/124Cardiac arrestMirtazapineSertraline |
| spellingShingle | Murad Atmaca Osman Mermi A case of Ventricular Tachycardia and Cardiac Arrest Associated with Sertraline and Mirtazapine Combination. Iranian Journal of Psychiatry Cardiac arrest Mirtazapine Sertraline |
| title | A case of Ventricular Tachycardia and Cardiac Arrest Associated with Sertraline and Mirtazapine Combination. |
| title_full | A case of Ventricular Tachycardia and Cardiac Arrest Associated with Sertraline and Mirtazapine Combination. |
| title_fullStr | A case of Ventricular Tachycardia and Cardiac Arrest Associated with Sertraline and Mirtazapine Combination. |
| title_full_unstemmed | A case of Ventricular Tachycardia and Cardiac Arrest Associated with Sertraline and Mirtazapine Combination. |
| title_short | A case of Ventricular Tachycardia and Cardiac Arrest Associated with Sertraline and Mirtazapine Combination. |
| title_sort | case of ventricular tachycardia and cardiac arrest associated with sertraline and mirtazapine combination |
| topic | Cardiac arrest Mirtazapine Sertraline |
| url | https://ijps.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijps/article/view/124 |
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