Probable early acute hepatitis with parenteral amiodarone

J Lupon‐Rosés, R SimÓa‐Canonge… - Clinical …, 1986 - Wiley Online Library
A patient with acute changes suggesting acute hepatitis after parenteral amiodarone
administration is described. A 77‐year‐old man with previous myocardial infarction was …

How toxic is amiodarone to the liver?

PT Pollak - Journal of Gastrointestinal & Liver Diseases, 2010 - search.ebscohost.com
The article discusses the effects of myocardial depressant amiodarone to the liver.
According to some studies, the cardiovascular agents can be shown to have a concentration …

Amiodarone-induced liver injury and cirrhosis

J Buggey, M Kappus, AS Lagoo… - ACG case reports …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
We present a case report of an 80-year-old woman with volume overload thought initially to
be secondary to heart failure, but determined to be amiodarone-induced acute and chronic …

“Torsade de pointes” during amiodarone infusion in a cirrhotic woman with a prolonged QT interval

A Di Micoli, A Zambruni, E Bracci, B Benazzi… - Digestive and Liver …, 2009 - Elsevier
We describe an interesting case of a woman with decompensated cirrhosis, ischaemic heart
disease and prolonged QT interval, who developed a new-onset atrial fibrillation. During …

Amiodarone hepatotoxicity

SA Josephson, ER Kessel - Digestive Diseases, 1997 - karger.com
A 69-year-old man presented with abdominal pain and marked hepatomegaly. The patient
had a history of ischemic cardiomyopa-thy and refractory ventricular tachycardia treated with …

Amiodarone and risk of liver cirrhosis: a nationwide, population-based study

CH Huang, YY Lai, YJ Kuo, SC Yang… - … and Clinical Risk …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background Liver cirrhosis is an uncommon but not rare side effect of amiodarone-induced
hepatotoxicity. Patients with hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infections are at a high …

A case of simultaneously occurred amiodarone-induced hepatitis and hypothyroidism

YS Cho, JH Han, HB Chae, JS Kim… - The Korean Journal …, 2013 - synapse.koreamed.org
Amiodarone is a di-iodated benzofuran derivative that is commonly used to treat patients
with various cardiac arrhythmias. It is associated with side effects that involve the liver …

A case of cholestatic hepatitis caused by amiodarone

Z Salti, P Cloche, P Weber, G Houssemand… - … de Cardiologie et D' …, 1989 - europepmc.org
The authors report the case of a 70 year old male patient, who was treated with amiodarone
for 9 months (200 mg/d-5 days/7) for alcohol-induced hypokinetic cardiomyopathy …

Severe intrahepatic cholestasis caused by amiodarone toxicity after withdrawal of the drug: a case report and review of the literature

CC Chang, M Petrelli… - … of Pathology and …, 1999 - meridian.allenpress.com
Cholestasis has been reported as a rare presentation among patients with severe liver injury
secondary to amiodarone hepatic toxicity. We report an unusual case of amiodarone …

Acute amiodarone-induced hepatitis.

N Kalantzis, P Gabriel, J Mouzas, D Tiniakos… - Hepato …, 1991 - europepmc.org
Two fatal cases of amiodarone-induced acute, confluent, necrotic hepatitis are described.
The patients, aged 28 and 60, had received a high loading dose of amiodarone. After the …