title: Sinus arrest due to sertraline.
abstract: Sertraline is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor with established safety for the treatment of depression. Among the common adverse effects associated with sertraline are nausea, insomnia, diarrhea, somnolence, and dizziness. Cardiac arrest had not been reported in the literature, although tachycardia was frequently seen. In this case report, a patient was presented who had adverse reactions such as nausea, dizziness, insomnia under citalopram treatment, and after his drug was changed to sertraline, developed sinus arrest on the fourth day of treatment.
authors.affiliation: Kartal Kosuyolu Heart Education and Research Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Istanbul, Turkey. gonenckocabay@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Gonenc
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kocabay
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yildiz
authors.forename: Nilufer
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Eksi Duran
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozkan
mesh_terms: D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003863:Depression / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; D022062:Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000009:adverse effects*; D020280:Sertraline / Q000009:adverse effects*; D054138:Sinus Arrest, Cardiac / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors; D020280:Sertraline