Left atrial thrombosis associated with antipsychotic drugs

Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2005 Jan;29(1):153-5. doi: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2004.08.010.

Abstract

The authors report a case of a 36-year-old shizophrenic patient with left atrial thrombosis. There have been small number of case reports of antipsychotic drugs-associated thromboembolic events. All of them are venous ones. This paper describes the first case of atrial thrombosis associated with antipsychotic drugs.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antipsychotic Agents / adverse effects*
  • Atrial Function, Left
  • Coronary Thrombosis / chemically induced*
  • Coronary Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Schizophrenia, Paranoid / complications
  • Schizophrenia, Paranoid / drug therapy
  • Ultrasonography

Substances

  • Antipsychotic Agents