Escitalopram-Induced Bradycardia in Elderly Individuals: A Case Series Report

Abstract

The authors report on three elderly patients treated with escitalopram, 10 mg/day, who presented with marked sinus bradycardia. The bradycardia was clinically symptomatic or asymptomatic and disappeared within 24 hours after escitalopram was discontinued. Clinicians should be cautious about cardiac effects when using a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor in elderly people, even at a low dose.