Association of autonomic dysfunction and clozapine - Heart rate variability and risk for sudden death in patients with schizophrenia on long-term psychotropic medication

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作者
Cohen, H [1 ]
Loewenthal, U [1 ]
Matar, M [1 ]
Kotler, M [1 ]
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[1] Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Fac Hlth Sci, Minist Hlth, Anxiety & Stress Res Unit,Mental Hlth Ctr, Beer Sheva, Israel
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10.1192/bjp.179.2.167
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R749 [精神病学];
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Background: Antipsychotic medications cause a wide range of adverse effects and have been associated with sudden death in psychiatric patients. Aims: To supply power spectral analysis of heart rate variability as a tool to examine the arrythmogenic effects of neuroleptics. Method: Heart rate analysis was carried out in patients with schizophrenia on standard doses of neuroleptic monotherapy - 21 were on clozapine, 18 on haloperidol and 17 on olanzapine - and in 53 healthy subjects. Results: Patients with schizophrenia on clozapine had significantly higher heart rate, lower heart rate variability and lower high-frequency and higher low-frequency components compared with patients on haloperidol or olanzapine and matched control subjects. Prolonged QTc intervals were more common in patients than controls. Conclusions: Patients treated with neuroleptic medications, especially clozapine, showed autonomic dysregulation and cardiac repolarisation changes. Physicians should be aware of this adverse reaction.
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