Complete heart block following a single dose of trazodone

Forty minutes after receiving a single starting dose of trazodone, a patient developed complete heart block. The case illustrates that, despite the results of earlier studies, trazodone's effect on cardiac conduction may be severe in individuals at risk for conduction delay.

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of psychiatry 1984-11, Vol.141 (11), p.1472-1473
Hauptverfasser:	Rausch, J L, Pavlinac, D M, Newman, P E
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Depressive Disorder - drug therapy Dose-Response Relationship, Drug Heart Block - chemically induced Humans Male Piperazines - adverse effects Time Factors Trazodone - adverse effects
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Zusammenfassung:	Forty minutes after receiving a single starting dose of trazodone, a patient developed complete heart block. The case illustrates that, despite the results of earlier studies, trazodone's effect on cardiac conduction may be severe in individuals at risk for conduction delay.
ISSN:	0002-953X 1535-7228
DOI:	10.1176/ajp.141.11.1472