serval:BIB_0CD07346FEF8
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome in an adolescent with depression
Chen
Fei
author
Richard
Sandra
author
D'Andrea
GĂ©raldine
author
Grandjean
Christophe
author
Eap Chin
B.
author
article
2016
Swiss Archives of Neurology Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
2297-6981
journal
167
3
94-96
Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome is a congenital disorder characterised by a macro-reentrant arrhythmia caused by preexcitation of the ventricles. A significant proportion of cases are detected incidentally in asymptomatic patients during routine checkups. Because little is known about the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in youths with preexisting cardiac disease, we report here a 15-year-old adolescent with asymptomatic WPW syndrome and severe depressive symptoms. An improvement in depressive symptoms was observed with sertraline therapy and the absence of cardiac adverse effects after 5 months of treatment suggested that sertraline could be used at therapeutic doses in adolescents with preexisting but asymptomatic WPW syndrome.
adolescent
depression
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
sertraline
eng
60_published
peer-reviewed
University of Lausanne
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