Open AccessChest Pain in a Psychiatric Patient Due to Clozapine-Induced Myopericarditis
Author(s) -
James L. Laws,
Esther Kim,
Rebecca R. Hung,
JoAnn Lindenfeld,
Richa Gupta
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
case reports in cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2090-6412
pISSN - 2090-6404
DOI - 10.1155/2021/6067652
Subject(s) - clozapine , myopericarditis , myocarditis , medicine , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , chest pain , complication , cardiology , presentation (obstetrics) , anesthesia , psychiatry , surgery
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.
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