[Torsades de pointes in a patient under long-term maprotiline therapy. Apropos of a case].
The authors report the case of a patient who presented with wave burst arrhythmia related to long-term treatment with maprotiline. This case is interesting, as few cases of this type of complication have been reported in patients receiving long-term tetracyclic antidepressants, and the development of such a complication indicates the need for regular electrocardiographie surveillance of patients treated with heterocyclic antidepressants. Lastly, prolonged intensive care monitoring is required in the case of maprotiline-induced wave burst arrhythmia.
Rialan
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Service de Cardiologie, CH Saint-Malo.
Richard
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Deutsch
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Ouattara
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B
D000368:Aged; D000929:Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008376:Maprotiline / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013997:Time Factors; D016171:Torsades de Pointes / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology
D000929:Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic; D008376:Maprotiline
Torsades de pointes chez une patiente traitée au long cours par maprotiline. A propos d'un cas.