Haloperidol Induced Neurolept Malignant Syndrome Complicated by Right Ventricular Myocardial Infarction.

A fatal case of right ventricular myocardial infarction in the absence of risk factors, concurrent with haloperidol induced neuroleptic malignant syndrome, is presented; suggesting the existence of a causal relation between the two. Possible pathophysiological mechanisms have been discussed