Open AccessConventional and Atypical Antipsychotics and the Risk of Hospitalization for Ventricular Arrhythmias or Cardiac Arrest
Author(s) -
Rosa Liperoti,
Giovanni Gambassi,
Kate L. Lapane,
Claire Chiang,
Claudio Pedone,
Vincent Mor,
Roberto Bernabei
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.165.6.696
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , confidence interval , cardiology , amiodarone , anesthesia , atrial fibrillation
Conventional antipsychotic drugs have been implicated as a cause of ventricular arrhythmias and cardiac arrest, but no definitive information is available regarding atypical antipsychotics. We compared the effect of conventional and atypical antipsychotics on the risk of hospitalization for ventricular arrhythmias and cardiac arrest.
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