Key result
A dual-chamber pacemaker combined with metoprolol therapy successfully controlled alternating bradycardia and tachycardia in a 73-year-old schizophrenic patient with tachy-brady syndrome.
Why the study?
Diagnosing and managing cardiac arrhythmias like tachy-brady syndrome in patients with paranoid and catatonic schizophrenia is challenging due to unshared symptoms and psychotropic drug effects.
Population
One 73-year-old male with multiple mental health and medical comorbidities admitted for catatonia
Design
Case report
Authors
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May support combined pacing and beta-blockade in tachy-brady syndrome with schizophrenia; leaves open confirmation in controlled studies.
Case Report (n=1)
A dual-chamber pacemaker combined with beta-blocker therapy successfully managed tachy-brady syndrome in a patient with severe schizophrenia and catatonia.
Knight et al. (2023) conducted a case report in Tachy-brady syndrome, schizophrenia (n=1). Dual-chamber pacemaker and metoprolol was evaluated on Control of alternating bradycardia and tachycardia. A dual-chamber pacemaker combined with metoprolol therapy successfully controlled alternating bradycardia and tachycardia in a 73-year-old schizophrenic patient with tachy-brady syndrome.
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