Usefulness of NT-pro-BNP and echocardiography in the diagnosis of subclinical clozapine-related cardiotoxicity

BACKGROUND: Available information regarding clozapine-related cardiomyopathy is limited to reports of severe left ventricular dysfunction not rarely with fatal clinical evolution. A subclinical cardiotoxic effect might be diagnosed using echocardiography and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide assay.

METHODS: Thirty-eight patients with psychotic disorder in chronic therapy with clozapine (24 male and 14 female subjects; mean age, 38.4 years) were enrolled. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was measured by area-length method (average of 5 measurements).

RESULTS: Twelve patients showed a mild depression of left ventricular function (LVEF between 50% and 55%), 2 LVEF less than 50% and 1 less than 30%. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve for N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide as a predictor of left ventricular dysfunction was 0.87.

CONCLUSIONS: A subclinical left ventricular dysfunction was found in 3 of 38 patients, whereas a mild impairment of the left ventricular systolic function occurred in 1 of 3 of young, previously healthy, clozapine-treated patients A prospective study in clozapine-naive patients may be useful to better understand cardiotoxic effects of clozapine.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2011

Erschienen:

2011

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:31

Enthalten in:

Journal of clinical psychopharmacology - 31(2011), 6 vom: 21. Dez., Seite 712-6

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rostagno, Carlo [VerfasserIn]
Domenichetti, Sandro [VerfasserIn]
Pastorelli, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Gensini, Gian Franco [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

114471-18-0
Antipsychotic Agents
Biomarkers
Clozapine
J60AR2IKIC
Journal Article
Natriuretic Peptide, Brain
Peptide Fragments
Pro-brain natriuretic peptide (1-76)

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 22.02.2012

Date Revised 25.11.2016

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/JCP.0b013e318234ee66

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM212432540