Occurrence of Ventricular Ectopics in a Patient with Therapeutic Lithium Level
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A young male with bipolar affective disorder, mania with psychotic features was started on lithium therapy. Four days later, he developed an irregular pulse on a lithium level of 0.45 mmol/L. An ECG showed multiple unifocal ventricular ectopics. The cardiac arrhythmia disappeared when lithium was discountinued.
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 41 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1999