European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology
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Eur Neuropsychopharmacol · Aug 2010
Case ReportsBroken heart syndrome: Tako Tsubo cardiomyopathy associated with an overdose of the serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor Venlafaxine.
To describe a case of Tako Tsubo cardiomyopathy [TTC] in a patient after an overdose of the serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor [SNRI] Venlafaxine. ⋯ To our knowledge this is the first reported case of an overdose of Venlafaxine (SNRI) associated Tako Tsubo cardiomyopathy.