Psychotropic drugs such as antipsychotics may prolong the QTc interval, increasing the risk of torsades de pointes (TdP) and sudden cardiac death. To assess QTc prolongation by psychotropic drugs, an electrocardiogram (EKG) is usually recorded before and after starting treatment. Circadian variations in the QTc interval have been described but have not been adequately studied in patients taking psychotropic drugs. In psychiatric clinical practice, EKGs before and after treatment initiation are often compared, without considering the time of day at which the two EKGs are recorded. To determine whether there is a circadian change in the QTc interval in patients treated with psychotropic drugs, we evaluated the EKGs of a group of patients trea...
Aims: Evidence is increasing to indicate that individuals with mental illness may be at risk of prem...
This article focuses on the importance of QTc monitoring in patients receiving psychotropics, especi...
Antipsychotic (AP) drugs have the potential to cause prolongation of the QT interval corrected for h...
Aims: To study whether listed putative corrected QT (QTc)-prolonging psychotropic drugs indeed prolo...
Introduction: Several psychotropic medications (i.e. antipsychotics, antidepressant) have been recen...
Background & Aims: Psychotropic medications vary in propensity to cause QTC prolongation on elec...
Apart from providing knowledge on the beneficial effects of drugs, practical psychopharmacotherapy a...
QTc interval prolongation is a side effect of several antipsychotic drugs, with associated risks of ...
Background: Several antipsychotic agents are known to prolong the QT interval in a dose dependent ma...
Since the 1960s, physicians have been aware of electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities and cases of...
Aims. In recent years several warnings have been issued by regulatory authorities on the risk of ele...
Copyright © 2013 Erik Johnsen et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative C...
BACKGROUND: Several antipsychotic agents are known to prolong the QT interval in a dose dependent ma...
none11noSeveral antipsychotics and antidepressants have been associated with QTc prolongation or oth...
PurposeThe cardiovascular mortality of the psychiatric patients is higher than the general populatio...
Aims: Evidence is increasing to indicate that individuals with mental illness may be at risk of prem...
This article focuses on the importance of QTc monitoring in patients receiving psychotropics, especi...
Antipsychotic (AP) drugs have the potential to cause prolongation of the QT interval corrected for h...
Aims: To study whether listed putative corrected QT (QTc)-prolonging psychotropic drugs indeed prolo...
Introduction: Several psychotropic medications (i.e. antipsychotics, antidepressant) have been recen...
Background & Aims: Psychotropic medications vary in propensity to cause QTC prolongation on elec...
Apart from providing knowledge on the beneficial effects of drugs, practical psychopharmacotherapy a...
QTc interval prolongation is a side effect of several antipsychotic drugs, with associated risks of ...
Background: Several antipsychotic agents are known to prolong the QT interval in a dose dependent ma...
Since the 1960s, physicians have been aware of electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities and cases of...
Aims. In recent years several warnings have been issued by regulatory authorities on the risk of ele...
Copyright © 2013 Erik Johnsen et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative C...
BACKGROUND: Several antipsychotic agents are known to prolong the QT interval in a dose dependent ma...
none11noSeveral antipsychotics and antidepressants have been associated with QTc prolongation or oth...
PurposeThe cardiovascular mortality of the psychiatric patients is higher than the general populatio...
Aims: Evidence is increasing to indicate that individuals with mental illness may be at risk of prem...
This article focuses on the importance of QTc monitoring in patients receiving psychotropics, especi...
Antipsychotic (AP) drugs have the potential to cause prolongation of the QT interval corrected for h...