[Torsades de pointes in a patient under long-term maprotiline therapy. Apropos of a case]

Abstract

The authors report the case of a patient who presented with wave burst arrhythmia related to long-term treatment with maprotiline. This case is interesting, as few cases of this type of complication have been reported in patients receiving long-term tetracyclic antidepressants, and the development of such a complication indicates the need for regular electrocardiographie surveillance of patients treated with heterocyclic antidepressants. Lastly, prolonged intensive care monitoring is required in the case of maprotiline-induced wave burst arrhythmia.