Differential effects of right unilateral and bilateral ECT on heart rate
- 1 August 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 146 (8) , 1041-1043
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.146.8.1041
Abstract
In a series of 11 melancholic patients who received both right unilateral and bilateral ECT during a single course of treatment, mean and minimum postictal heart rates were greater after bilateral ECT. Greater catecholamine release during bilateral ECT is the most likely explanation for these effects. These differences complement other evidence that bilateral ECT has a more pronounced physiological impact than unilateral ECT.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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