Pulmonary Hypertension due to Lithium Therapy: A Case Report
JOURNAL OF MOOD DISORDERS, cilt.6, sa.1, ss.32-35, 2016 (ESCI, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 6 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2016
- Doi Numarası: 10.5455/jmood.20140709042214
- Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF MOOD DISORDERS
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.32-35
- Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
Lithium is accepted as the gold standard for long term treatment in bipolar affective disorder. However, this specific drug has various side effects, which restrict its use such as cardiologic. To our knowledge, there is only one reported case of pulmonary hypertension due to lithium therapy in the literature.