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ArticleAnnals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc2022

Torsade de pointes caused by citalopram during the pacemaker battery-depletion phase: A case report.

Junwen Wang, Ziyi Sun, Siming Tao

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Article in Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Junwen WangDepartment of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Yunnan University, Kunming, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2426-8944
Ziyi SunDepartment Intensive Care Unit, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0621-8997
Siming TaoDepartment of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Yunnan University, Kunming, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8074-1938
Yunnan University · CNSun Yat-sen University · CN

Funding

medical Reserve Talents of Yunnan Provincial Health and Planning Commission H-2017019Yunnan High-level Personnel Training Support Program YNWR-MY-2020-024Yunnan Provincial Department of Education Scientific Research Fund Project 2022J0017
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drug-induced QT prolongation, primarily antiarrhythmic drugs, is a common cause of torsade de pointes (TdP). Although there have been previous reports of drug-induced TdP in patients, it has not been well documented when caused by citalopram during the pacemaker battery-depletion phase. To improve delirium recognition, we report a case of citalopram-induced TdP during the pacemaker battery-depletion phase. An 84-year-old Chinese female was brought to the hospital presenting recurrent syncope. She lost consciousness and was admitted after her syncope TdP was documented. Her pacemaker was inspected and found to be operating in an extremely ineffective manner. Although she had prolonged QT interval after the pacemaker was replaced, she did not suffer another syncope attack, and ECG monitoring revealed no cardiac arrhythmia or TdP. During her admission, she was treated with citalopram for depression. Citalopram was discontinued when the QT interval shortened progressively. In this study, we described a case of citalopram-induced TdP during the depletion phase of a pacemaker battery. This case should serve as a cautionary lesson to clinicians to avoid using citalopram during the pacemaker battery-depletion phase.

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Long QT SyndromePacemaker, ArtificialTorsades de PointesAged, 80 and overCitalopramDNA-Binding ProteinsElectrocardiographyFemaleHumansSyncopeCitalopramDNA-Binding Proteinscase reportcitaloprampacemaker battery depletiontorsade de pointes

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