Amitriptyline toxicity should be recognized as a potential cause of acute myocardial infarction.
Amitriptyline overdose may precipitate AMI in young patients; this case report leaves open causality, prevalence, and any management implications.
Tricyclic antidepressant overdose is known to cause cardiopulmonary and central nervous system complications. As with other cardiovascular complications, amitriptyline toxicity may cause acute myocardial infarction. This paper reports the case of a young female with acute myocardial infarction as a novel consequence of tricyclic antidepressant overdose.
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