Conventional and atypical antipsychotics and the risk of hospitalization for ventricular arrhythmias or cardiac arrest

摘要

Conventional antipsychotic drugs have been implicated as a cause of ventricular arrhythmias and cardiac arrest, but no definitive information is available regarding atypical antipsychotics. We compared the effect of conventional and atypical antipsychotics on the risk of hospitalization for ventricular arrhythmias and cardiac arrest.