Helicoidal ventricular tachycardia caused by amitriptyline. Presentation of a case
Jerjes Sánchez Díaz, C.; García Hernández, N.; González Carmona, V.M.; Rosado Buzzo, A.
Archivos del Instituto de Cardiologia de Mexico 55(4): 353-356
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0020-3785 PMID: 2934037 Document Number: 263538
We present a case of a psychiatric patient treated with Amitriptyline who developed Stokes-Adams attacks with EKG manifestations of prolonged Q-T and "torsade de pointes".
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