Author/Authors :
Chen, Michael Department of Psychiatry - Lehigh Valley Health Network- Schoenersville road - Bethlehem PA , USA , Gomaa, Hassaan Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health - Penn State Hershey Medical Cente - University Drive - . Hershey - PA , USA , Cortez-Resendiz, Alonso Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health - Penn State Hershey Medical Cente - University Drive - . Hershey - PA , USA , Francis, Andrew Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health - Penn State Hershey Medical Cente - University Drive - . Hershey - PA , USA , Bellon, Alfredo Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health - Penn State Hershey Medical Cente - University Drive - . Hershey - PA , USA , Martin, Christopher Department of Psychiatry - Thomas Jefferson University - Philadelphia - PA, USA
Abstract :
Quetiapine is occasionally associated with cardiovascular adverse effects such as QTc prolongation. QTc prolongation is a sideeffect that requires monitoring in order to avoid more serious cardiac complications. One particular understudied area is thepotential for antipsychotics to elicit electroconduction abnormalities in patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW)Syndrome. In the present report, we describe a case of quetiapine overdose in a patient with WPW.
Keywords :
Quetiapine , Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome , WPW , QT
