Sudden death of cardiac origin and psychotropic drugs

• Principais autores: Quadiri eTimour (Autor), Dominique eFrassati (Autor), Jacques eDescotes (Autor), Philippe eChevalier (Autor), Georges eChristé (Autor), Mohamed eChahine (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Frontiers Media S.A., 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Assuntos: 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...