Monitoring of QT interval in patients treated with psychotropis drugs

Authors

NOVOTNÝ Tomáš FLORIÁNOVÁ Alena ČEŠKOVÁ Eva PÁLENSKÝ Vítězslav TOMANOVÁ Jana ŠIŠÁKOVÁ Martina TOMAN Ondřej ŠPINAR Jindřich

Year of publication 2007
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source International Journal of Cardiology
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Field Psychiatry, sexuology
Keywords Drug induced long QT syndrome; Proarrhythmia; Psychotropic drugs; QT interval
Description Our 2-year real-life experience shows that occurrence of QTc prolongation in present psychiatric patients is low. Values associated with high risk of arrhythmias (QTc plus 500 ms) were not observed. This might be related to the recent changes of spectrum of antipsychotic therapy used, the general trend to use lower doses, and increasing awareness about the drug-induced long QT symdrome.
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