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Asystole with electroconvulsive therapy *
Author(s) -
Kaufman K. R.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.625
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1365-2796
pISSN - 0954-6820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2796.1994.tb01072.x
Subject(s) - electroconvulsive therapy , asystole , medicine , labetalol , complication , anesthesia , blockade , blood pressure , electroconvulsive shock , receptor
. The rare complication of asystole with beta‐adrenergic blockade by labetalol following electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is described with a literature review of cardiac mechanisms (33 references).