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Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
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(12): 568-572, 2019.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-754162
ABSTRACT
Antipsychotics treatment significantly increases the risk of sudden cardiac death in psy-chiatric patients,especially in elder patients. This paper reviews the major clinical risk factors of sudden car-diac death including myocardial infarction,QT interval prolongation and venous thromboembolism,as well as discusses the possible pharmacological mechanisms. We should focus on assessing somatic factors at the on-set of treatment and during maintenance therapy,and choose the antipsychotics reasonably to reduce the pos-sibility of sudden cardiac death.