Clozapine-Induced Myocarditis and Pericarditis

• Main Authors: Othman, Zahiruddin, Ahmad, Fazil, Halim, Ahmad Shahril Abdul, Ismail, Nurul Nadia
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan International Cultural Exchange Foundation 2014
• Subjects: RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
• Online Access: http://eprints.usm.my/44712/1/Clozapine-Induced%20Myocarditis%20and%20Pericarditis%20%282014%29.pdf; http://eprints.usm.my/44712/; http://www.seronjihou.co.jp/IMJ/backnumber-IMJ.html

Objective: Clozapine is known to cause cardiac side-effects, including myocarditis, pericarditis and cardiomyopathy. A 50-year-old Malay man with schizoaffective disorder and tardive dyskinesia who developed transient tachycardia, low blood pressure and fever after 17 days of starting clozapine wa...