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Treatment of depression in an adolescent with cardiomyopathy and arrhythmia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2014

Canan Tanidir ,
Ibrahim C. Tanidir  and
Volkan Tuzcu
Canan Tanidir*
Affiliation:
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic, Bakirkoy State Hospital for Mental Health and Neurological Disorders, Istanbul, Turkey
Ibrahim C. Tanidir
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Istanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Volkan Tuzcu
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Electrophysiology, Pediatric and Genetic Arrhythmia Center, Istanbul Medipol University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
*
Correspondence to: Dr I. C. Tanidir, MD, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, İstanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Eğitim Araştırma Hastanesi, İstasyon Mah.Turgut Özal Bulvarı No:11 Küçükçekmece- İstanbul. Tel: +90 212 692 2000; Fax: +90 212 471 9494; E-mail: cansaran@yahoo.com
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Abstract

Patients with cardiomyopathy have a higher incidence of mood and anxiety disorders, resulting in greater probability for hospitalisation and increased risk for arrhythmia and death. We report a case of a 16-year-old boy with Danon disease, Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, who later developed depression and significant weight loss. The patient was successfully treated for his anxiety and depression with mirtazapine without any adverse cardiac effects.

Keywords

ArrhythmiaDanon diseasedepressionhypertrophic cardiomyopathymirtazapine

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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 25 , Issue 7 , October 2015 , pp. 1418 - 1420
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© Cambridge University Press 2014 

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