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Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatría
Print version ISSN 0034-7450
Abstract
RAMIREZ-GIRALDO, Ana María and RESTREPO, Diana. Bipolar Disorder and Heart Transplantation: A Case Report. rev.colomb.psiquiatr. [online]. 2018, vol.47, n.1, pp.65-70. ISSN 0034-7450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcp.2017.02.005.
Introduction:
Bipolar disorder is a chronic and recurrent mood disease that includes symptoms that fluctuate from euphoria to depression. As a mood disorder, itis one of the main contraindications for transplantation procedures. The case is presented of a patient with bipolar disorder who had a heart transplant after a cardiac arrest. Heart transplantation is the treatment of choice in patients with heart failure and arrhythmias that do not respond to conventional treatment.
Methods:
Case report and narrative review of literature.
Case report:
A 34-year-old woman with bipolar disorder diagnosed when she was 13, treated with lithium and aripiprazole. She required a heart transplant as the only therapeutic option, after presenting with ventricular tachycardia refractory to conventional treatment. The patient did not suffer an emotional decompensation with the removal of the lithium and aripiprazole that were associated with prolonged QTc interval, and remained eurhythmic throughout the process. Discussion: Heart transplantation can be performed safely and successfully in patients with bipolar disorder, when suitably followed-up by a liaison psychiatry group.
Conclusions:
Bipolar disorder should not be considered as an absolute contraindication for heart transplantation.
Keywords : Bipolar disorder; Tachycardia ventricular; Heart transplantation; Psychiatry.