Key result
Electroconvulsive therapy was immediately followed by an acute anterior wall myocardial infarction in a 55-year-old male, which was successfully treated with primary coronary revascularization.
Population
55-year-old male with longstanding psychiatric illness on multiple antipsychotics requiring repeated…
Design
Case_report
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Clinicians should monitor for MI post-ECT; this case extends reports of rare complications but leaves open systematic risk evaluation.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights a severe cardiovascular complication of acute myocardial infarction immediately following electroconvulsive therapy, successfully managed with primary percutaneous coronary intervention.
Hirachan et al. (2016) conducted a case report in Schizophrenia and Acute Myocardial Infarction (n=1). Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was evaluated on Acute anterior wall myocardial infarction. Electroconvulsive therapy was immediately followed by an acute anterior wall myocardial infarction in a 55-year-old male, which was successfully treated with primary coronary revascularization.
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