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CASE REPORT
Lithium-induced sinus node dysfunction at therapeutic levels
  1. Ranjan K Shetty1,
  2. G Vivek1,
  3. Amrita Parida2,
  4. Shashikanth Chetty2
  1. 1Department of Cardiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India
  2. 2Department of Pharmacology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr G Vivek, vivekgraman{at}gmail.com

Summary

Lithium is used as an antimanic and mood-stabilising drug. It can cause various adverse effects such as nausea, vomiting, polyuria, fine tremors, myocarditis and arrhythmias. We are describing a case of lithium induced sinus-node dysfunction in a patient with serum lithium levels in therapeutic range.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2012-008107

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