Population
1 57-year-old man with recurrent depression, resistant to drug therapy
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
3 weeks
Authors
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Rare fatal cardiac rupture post-ECT warrants vigilance; case report leaves open optimal pre-procedure cardiac assessment.
Electroconvulsive therapy can rarely be complicated by fatal cardiac rupture and tamponade.
Ali et al. (1997) studied this question.
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