Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology
Case Report

Three types of atrioventricular block induced by oxcarbazepine in a young adult

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Akdeniz University Medical Faculty Department of Pharmacology, Antalya - Turkey

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Antalya Private Yasam Hospital, Cardiology Department, Antalya - Turkey

Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology 2013; 23: 84-88
DOI: 10.5455/bcp.20111212083139
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Oxcarbazepine is a new antiepileptic drug that has been introduced recently. The side effects and properties of the drug are unique and largely unknown. Because oxcarbazepine is structurally similar to carbamazepine, it might have quinidine-like effects on cardiac conduction. In this report, we discuss a rare case of a young girl, who was followed up for treatment of epilepsy for 1 year with oxcarbazepine and had atrioventricular block during therapy.


Genç bir erişkinde okskarbazepine bağlı üç tip atriyoventriküler blok

Yeni bir antiepileptik ilaç olan okskarbazepin’in yan etkileri ve özellikleri tam olarak bilinmemektedir. Karbamazepin ile yakından ilişkili olduğundan okskarbazepin’in de kalp ileti sisteminde kinidin-benzeri etkiler yapması olasıdır. Bu makalede bir yıldır okskarbazepin tedavisi gören bir genç kızda tedavi sırasında gelişen ve Türkiye’de ilk kez gözlenen bir atriyoventriküler blok olgusu sunulmuştur.

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