-transparent.png){kind=logo}
We present the case of a 56-year-old woman with syncope and sinus node dysfunction after long-term lithium therapy. Following lithium discontinuation, sinus node function recovered completely. After resuming low doses of lithium, however, severe sinus node dysfunction recurred. Thereafter, sinus node function did not recover after lithium was discontinued, and a permanent pacemaker was implanted. These findings suggest that irreversible sinus node dysfunction should be recognized as a potentially fatal, albeit rare, risk of lithium therapy, and that previous recovery from sinus node dysfunction after long-term lithium treatment cannot always guarantee the reversible nature of this abnormality after resumption of lithium therapy.
T Terao, and
H Abe, and
K Abe
November 1984,
Rinsho kyobu geka = Japanese annals of thoracic surgery,
T Terao, and
H Abe, and
K Abe
January 1983,
Acta cardiologica,
T Terao, and
H Abe, and
K Abe
December 1983,
American heart journal,
T Terao, and
H Abe, and
K Abe
January 2013,
BMJ case reports,
T Terao, and
H Abe, and
K Abe
January 2011,
The National medical journal of India,
T Terao, and
H Abe, and
K Abe
January 2002,
Texas Heart Institute journal,
T Terao, and
H Abe, and
K Abe
January 1984,
International journal of cardiology,
T Terao, and
H Abe, and
K Abe
June 1979,
The American journal of psychiatry,
T Terao, and
H Abe, and
K Abe
March 2024,
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan),
