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Cardiac arrest during ECT modified by beta-adrenergic blockade
The American Journal of Psychiatry
|February 1, 1984
Abstract:
A hypertensive patient with a history of diabetes and ischemic heart disease was given propranolol before ECT and experienced cardiac arrest after subconvulsive electrical stimulation. The authors suggest exercising caution when combining beta-adrenergic blockade and ECT.