Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Turkiye Klinikleri Cardiovascular Sciences, cilt.25, sa.1, ss.26-28, 2013 (Scopus)
Oxcarbazepine, 10 keto analogue of carbamezepine, is an antiepileptic drug used pri manly for the treatment of focal and generalized tonic clonic seizures in adults and children. Ox carbazepine has been observed to have a positive effect also on psychiatric diseases and trigeminal neuralgia. Oxcarbazepine like most of antiepileptic drugs, inhibits voltage dependent fast sodium channels. During oxcarbazepine treatment, side effects such as hyponatremia, headache, vertigo, somnolence, nausea, double vision, vomiting and ataxia can be seen. However, to date, no specific and!or severe cardiac complications of oxcarbazepine have been reported. In this paper, we present a case of complete atrioventricular block that was considered to be caused by oxcarbazepine and that improved after cessation of the drug in a 67 year old female patient with no underlying cardiac etiology. Copyright © 2013 by Türkiye Klinik leri.