Clozapine-induced myocarditis: 2 case reports

Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-92

  Grgas, Marina ^a,b   Washburn Jr , Carl F ^a   Caley, Charles F ^a,b  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIPIPRAZOLE; ATOMOXETINE; AZITHROMYCIN; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CARVEDILOL; CEFTRIAXONE; CLOZAPINE; CREATINE KINASE; FUROSEMIDE; HALOPERIDOL; HYDROXYZINE; LISINOPRIL; OLANZAPINE; TRAZODONE; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM; VENLAFAXINE; ZIPRASIDONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; MYOCARDITIS; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; SINUS RHYTHM; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CLOZAPINE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID;

EID: 74549172910     PISSN: 02710749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JCP.0b013e3181ca3c99     Document Type: Letter

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