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Prolonged asystole during head-up tilt testing with clomipramine infusion
D I Leftheriotis1, G N Theodorakis, D Th Kremastinos
12nd Department of Cardiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece. elbee@ath.forthnet.gr
Abstract:
This case report describes a patient with a history of neurocardiogenic syncope, who had had a negative head-up tilt test with isoprenaline, but he experienced a prolonged asystole during a head-up tilt test with clomipramine (serotonin reuptake inhibitor) 24 h later. This patient was successfully treated with fluoxetine.