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Chest Pain in a Psychiatric Patient Due to Clozapine-Induced Myopericarditis

Authors :
James L. Laws
Esther Kim
Rebecca Hung
JoAnn Lindenfeld
Richa Gupta
Source :
Case Reports in Cardiology, Case Reports in Cardiology, Vol 2021 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Hindawi Limited, 2021.

Abstract

Drug-induced myocarditis is a rare, but underrecognized complication of clozapine therapy for schizophrenia. We present a case of clozapine-induced myocarditis with recovery of cardiac function after drug cessation and summarize the literature to highlight the variable presentation of this condition.

Details

ISSN :
20906412 and 20906404
Volume :
2021
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Case Reports in Cardiology
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....5aa6084f9f66522f21170fc96afe6b7b
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/6067652