Use of electroconvulsive therapy in an elderly after 5 weeks of myocardial infraction with 30% cardiac output
There is limited literature on the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in patients with recent myocardial infarction and in those with reduced cardiac output. In this report, we describe the safe use of ECT in a 70-year-male suffering from severe depressive episode with psychotic symptoms. He had...
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| author | Sandeep Grover K Suchendra Aseem Mehra Vijay Parkash Vikas Saini Shiv Bagga |
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| description | There is limited literature on the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in patients with recent myocardial infarction and in those with reduced cardiac output. In this report, we describe the safe use of ECT in a 70-year-male suffering from severe depressive episode with psychotic symptoms. He had a history of poor response to adequate pharmacotherapy and had suffered from myocardial infraction (MI), about 3 weeks prior to admission to the psychiatric unit. In view of severe depression associated with marked anxiety, agitation, psychotic symptoms, and poor food intake he was started on ECT after 5 weeks of MI when his cardiac output was only 30%. He received nine sessions of ECT without any cardiac complications and his depression remitted with ECT. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e8fec6c3d68a496ba3a67380255c034e2022-12-21T18:49:48ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndustrial Psychiatry Journal0972-67482015-01-0124219519710.4103/0972-6748.181725Use of electroconvulsive therapy in an elderly after 5 weeks of myocardial infraction with 30% cardiac outputSandeep GroverK SuchendraAseem MehraVijay ParkashVikas SainiShiv BaggaThere is limited literature on the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in patients with recent myocardial infarction and in those with reduced cardiac output. In this report, we describe the safe use of ECT in a 70-year-male suffering from severe depressive episode with psychotic symptoms. He had a history of poor response to adequate pharmacotherapy and had suffered from myocardial infraction (MI), about 3 weeks prior to admission to the psychiatric unit. In view of severe depression associated with marked anxiety, agitation, psychotic symptoms, and poor food intake he was started on ECT after 5 weeks of MI when his cardiac output was only 30%. He received nine sessions of ECT without any cardiac complications and his depression remitted with ECT.http://www.industrialpsychiatry.org/article.asp?issn=0972-6748;year=2015;volume=24;issue=2;spage=195;epage=197;aulast=GroverElderlyelectroconvulsive therapylow cardiac outputmyocardial infraction |
| spellingShingle | Sandeep Grover K Suchendra Aseem Mehra Vijay Parkash Vikas Saini Shiv Bagga Use of electroconvulsive therapy in an elderly after 5 weeks of myocardial infraction with 30% cardiac output Industrial Psychiatry Journal Elderly electroconvulsive therapy low cardiac output myocardial infraction |
| title | Use of electroconvulsive therapy in an elderly after 5 weeks of myocardial infraction with 30% cardiac output |
| title_full | Use of electroconvulsive therapy in an elderly after 5 weeks of myocardial infraction with 30% cardiac output |
| title_fullStr | Use of electroconvulsive therapy in an elderly after 5 weeks of myocardial infraction with 30% cardiac output |
| title_full_unstemmed | Use of electroconvulsive therapy in an elderly after 5 weeks of myocardial infraction with 30% cardiac output |
| title_short | Use of electroconvulsive therapy in an elderly after 5 weeks of myocardial infraction with 30% cardiac output |
| title_sort | use of electroconvulsive therapy in an elderly after 5 weeks of myocardial infraction with 30 cardiac output |
| topic | Elderly electroconvulsive therapy low cardiac output myocardial infraction |
| url | http://www.industrialpsychiatry.org/article.asp?issn=0972-6748;year=2015;volume=24;issue=2;spage=195;epage=197;aulast=Grover |
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