Adverse Drug Reactions Journal 2000;2(3):164-166

doi:10.3760/j.issn.1008-5734.2000.03.006

ECG of 260 cases by clozapine treatment

Jinhe ZHAO 1 ; Zhihong QIU 1

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Keywords

clozapine; ECG

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

Objective:To determine the effect of clozapine on ECG of patients.Methods:260 clozapine-treated inpatients were randomly enrolled for ECG analysis.Results:Abnormal changes of ECG were observed in 162 cases (62.31％) and 94.12％ of the renarkable changes could be returned to normal after a decrease or stop of clozapine taken.Conclusion:Clozapine could lead to abnormal ECG to a high degree.Most of the cases would be back to normal state of ECG when the above-mentioned step was started.