A 25-Year-Old Man with Refractory Schizophrenia and Clozapine-Induced Myocarditis Diagnosed by Non-Invasive Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Tiffany Brazile; Amr F. Barakat; Syed Bukhari; Erik B. Schelbert; Prem Soman

doi:10.12659/AJCR.930103

15 May 2021 : Case report USA

A 25-Year-Old Man with Refractory Schizophrenia and Clozapine-Induced Myocarditis Diagnosed by Non-Invasive Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Rare disease, Adverse events of drug therapy

Tiffany Brazile^1BCDEF*, Amr F. Barakat^2E, Syed Bukhari^2E, Erik B. Schelbert^2CD, Prem Soman^2ACDE

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.930103

Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e930103

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Figure 1. Electrocardiogram (EKG) while the patient experienced tachycardia without chest pain. EKG demonstrated sinus tachycardia with diffuse ST-segment elevations that were most prominent in the anteroseptal leads. These findings were concerning for ischemia versus pericarditis versus myocarditis.

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A 25-Year-Old Man with Refractory Schizophrenia and Clozapine-Induced Myocarditis Diagnosed by Non-Invasive Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

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