title: Myocarditis, pericarditis and cardiomyopathy in patients treated with clozapine.
abstract: Clozapine is known to cause cardiac side-effects, including myocarditis, pericarditis and cardiomyopathy. Prompted by a case of clozapine-related pericarditis in our hospital we undertook a review of the literature for reports of myocarditis, pericarditis and cardiomyopathy occurring in patients treated with clozapine. This is the first comprehensive review of the literature on this topic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Wehmeier
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Heiser
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Remschmidt
mesh_terms: D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000453:epidemiology; D003024:Clozapine / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000453:epidemiology; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D003024:Clozapine