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Acute Myocardial Infarction Associated with Amitriptyline Overdose
Author(s) -
Kiyan Selahattin,
Aksay Ersin,
Yanturali Sedat,
Atilla Ridvan,
Ersel Murat
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
basic and clinical pharmacology and toxicology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1742-7843
pISSN - 1742-7835
DOI - 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2006.pto_387.x
Subject(s) - amitriptyline , myocardial infarction , medicine , anesthesia , drug overdose , emergency medicine , cardiology , poison control
Tricyclic antidepressant overdose is known to cause cardiopulmonary and central nervous system complications. As with other cardiovascular complications, amitriptyline toxicity may cause acute myocardial infarction. This paper reports the case of a young female with acute myocardial infarction as a novel consequence of tricyclic antidepressant overdose.