Myocardial infarction after electroconvulsive therapy

Myocardial infarction is an uncommon complication of electroconvulsive ther apy. Because of this, in spite of the existence in psychiatric literature o f some studies about this question, the knowledge in this regard by most ca rdiologists is scarce. We present a patient with an acute myocardial infarc tion after the application of a electroconvulsive therapy. In the end, we a ccomplish review of the literature in relation to incidence, physiology, pr evention and indication or not of fibrinolytic drugs in acute myocardial in farction after electroconvulsive therapy.