Cardiac Arrest following a Myocardial Infarction in a Child Treated with Methylphenidate
The use of psychostimulants labeled to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder increases. Among side effects these drugs raise blood pressure and heart rate, and the safety has been scrutinised in recent years. Data from large epidemiological studies, including over a million person-years, di...
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| description | The use of psychostimulants labeled to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder increases. Among side effects these drugs raise blood pressure and heart rate, and the safety has been scrutinised in recent years. Data from large epidemiological studies, including over a million person-years, did not report any cases of myocardial infarction in current users of methylphenidate, and the risk of serious adverse cardiac events was not found to be increased. We present a case with an 11-year-old child, treated with methylphenidate, who suffered cardiac arrest and was diagnosed with a remote myocardial infarction. This demonstrates that myocardial infarction can happen due to methylphenidate exposure in a cardiac healthy child, without cardiovascular risk factors. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cdcf0ff1ac9f48e0b61ba623a1be13e82025-08-20T02:20:01ZengWileyCase Reports in Pediatrics2090-68032090-68112015-01-01201510.1155/2015/905097905097Cardiac Arrest following a Myocardial Infarction in a Child Treated with MethylphenidateKim Munk0Lise Gormsen1Won Yong Kim2Niels Holmark Andersen3Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Palle Juul-Jensens Boulevard 99, 8200 Aarhus N, DenmarkDepartment of Psychiatry, Aarhus University Hospital, Risskov Skovagervej 2, 8240 Risskov, DenmarkDepartment of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Palle Juul-Jensens Boulevard 99, 8200 Aarhus N, DenmarkDepartment of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Palle Juul-Jensens Boulevard 99, 8200 Aarhus N, DenmarkThe use of psychostimulants labeled to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder increases. Among side effects these drugs raise blood pressure and heart rate, and the safety has been scrutinised in recent years. Data from large epidemiological studies, including over a million person-years, did not report any cases of myocardial infarction in current users of methylphenidate, and the risk of serious adverse cardiac events was not found to be increased. We present a case with an 11-year-old child, treated with methylphenidate, who suffered cardiac arrest and was diagnosed with a remote myocardial infarction. This demonstrates that myocardial infarction can happen due to methylphenidate exposure in a cardiac healthy child, without cardiovascular risk factors.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/905097 |
| spellingShingle | Kim Munk Lise Gormsen Won Yong Kim Niels Holmark Andersen Cardiac Arrest following a Myocardial Infarction in a Child Treated with Methylphenidate Case Reports in Pediatrics |
| title | Cardiac Arrest following a Myocardial Infarction in a Child Treated with Methylphenidate |
| title_full | Cardiac Arrest following a Myocardial Infarction in a Child Treated with Methylphenidate |
| title_fullStr | Cardiac Arrest following a Myocardial Infarction in a Child Treated with Methylphenidate |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cardiac Arrest following a Myocardial Infarction in a Child Treated with Methylphenidate |
| title_short | Cardiac Arrest following a Myocardial Infarction in a Child Treated with Methylphenidate |
| title_sort | cardiac arrest following a myocardial infarction in a child treated with methylphenidate |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/905097 |
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