title: Prolonged asystole during head-up tilt testing with clomipramine infusion.
abstract: This case report describes a patient with a history of neurocardiogenic syncope, who had had a negative head-up tilt test with isoprenaline, but he experienced a prolonged asystole during a head-up tilt test with clomipramine (serotonin reuptake inhibitor) 24 h later. This patient was successfully treated with fluoxetine.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Cardiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece. elbee@ath.forthnet.gr
authors.forename: D I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Leftheriotis
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Theodorakis
authors.forename: D Th
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Kremastinos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002997:Clomipramine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019462:Syncope, Vasovagal / Q000175:diagnosis; D018667:Tilt-Table Test / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D002997:Clomipramine; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors