Clozapine-Associated Myocarditis: Case Report and Literature Review

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¹ BSc, BSc(Pharm), PharmD, ACPR, was, at the time of writing, with the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, Alberta Health Services, and the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. He is now with the Chilliwack General Hospital, Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services, Chilliwack, British Columbia, and the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.
² BSc(Hons), MBChB, MRCP (UK), is with the Division of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta.
³ MD, FRCPC, is with the Division of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta.

Arden R Barry et al. Can J Hosp Pharm. 2015 Sep-Oct.

. 2015 Sep-Oct;68(5):427-9.

doi: 10.4212/cjhp.v68i5.1493.

¹ BSc, BSc(Pharm), PharmD, ACPR, was, at the time of writing, with the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, Alberta Health Services, and the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. He is now with the Chilliwack General Hospital, Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services, Chilliwack, British Columbia, and the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.
² BSc(Hons), MBChB, MRCP (UK), is with the Division of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta.
³ MD, FRCPC, is with the Division of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta.

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