Acute cardiomyopathy precipitated by lithium: is there a direct toxic effect on cardiac myocytes? A case report and review of literature - 19/05/15

Mahesh Anantha Narayanan, MD ^⁎ , Toufik Mahfood Haddad, MD

 Department of Internal Medicine, CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center, Creighton University School of Medicine 

^⁎Corresponding author at: Department of Internal Medicine, 601 North 30th St #5800, Omaha, NE 68131. Tel.: +1 507 319 2446; fax: +1 402 717 0770.

Ojas Bansal, MD

 Cardiac Center of Creighton University, CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center, Creighton University School of Medicine 

Janani Baskaran, MBBS

 University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 

Muhammad S. Azzouz, MD, Abhilash Akinapelli, MD, Dennis J. Esterbrooks, MD

 Cardiac Center of Creighton University, CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center, Creighton University School of Medicine