Use of electroconvulsive therapy in an elderly after 5 weeks of myocardial infraction with 30% cardiac output

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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Main Authors: Sandeep Grover, K Suchendra, Aseem Mehra, Vijay Parkash, Vikas Saini, Shiv Bagga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Industrial Psychiatry Journal
Subjects:
Elderly
electroconvulsive therapy
low cardiac output
myocardial infraction
Online Access: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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