Sudden death of cardiac origin and psychotropic drugs

• Main Authors: Quadiri eTimour (Author), Dominique eFrassati (Author), Jacques eDescotes (Author), Philippe eChevalier (Author), Georges eChristé (Author), Mohamed eChahine (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Mortality rate is high in psychiatric patients versus general population. An important cause of this increased mortality is sudden cardiac death (SCD) as a major side-effect of psychotropic drugs. These SCDs generally result from arrhythmias occurring when the posology is high and may attain a toxic...