Trazodone-related exercise-induced nonsustained ventricular tachycardia

A 79-year-old woman in the course of a syncope evaluation is shown to have a trazodone-related cardiac arrhythmia confirmed by drug rechallenge. This nontricyclic antidepressant should be considered as potentially arrhythmogenic despite its generally favorable cardiovascular profile.

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Published inChest Vol. 98; no. 1; p. 247
Main Authors Vitullo, R N, Wharton, J M, Allen, N B, Pritchett, E L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.07.1990
Subjects
Aged
Exercise
Female
Humans
Tachycardia - chemically induced
Trazodone - adverse effects
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Summary:A 79-year-old woman in the course of a syncope evaluation is shown to have a trazodone-related cardiac arrhythmia confirmed by drug rechallenge. This nontricyclic antidepressant should be considered as potentially arrhythmogenic despite its generally favorable cardiovascular profile.
ISSN:0012-3692
1931-3543
DOI:10.1378/chest.98.1.247