Electrocardiography changes in bipolar patients during long-term lithium monotherapy
Altinbas K, Guloksuz S, Caglar I, Caglar F, Kurt E, Oral E. Electrocardiography changes in bipolar patients during long-term lithium monotherapy. General Hospital Psychiatry 2014, 36: 694-697. PMID: 25091141, DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2014.07.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTherapeutic serum levelsHealthy controlsSerum levelsLithium monotherapyLithium levelsEuthymic BD type I patientsBipolar disorderLong-term lithium useBD type I patientsCardiovascular side effectsChronic lithium treatmentSerum lithium levelsVentricular electrical instabilityType I patientsQT dispersion ratioUse of lithiumElectrocardiography changesI patientsBD patientsTherapeutic rangeLithium treatmentQRS intervalQT dispersionLithium useElectrocardiogram parameters