Of a population of 400 patients treated with amiodarone, 97 underwent thyroid function
evaluation. Of these, 20 patients proved to be thyrotoxic and 16 hypothyroid. In thyrotoxic …

Clinical and laboratory features of 99 patients receiving long-term amiodarone therapy were
analyzed to determine which individuals may be at a high risk for developing amiodarone …

Amiodarone is an antiarrhythmic agent with high iodine content. Ten patients treated with
amiodarone developed thyrotoxicosis. I 131 uptakes were negligible, and TT 3 levels low in …

Both hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism have been noted to occur in some patients treated
with amiodarone for cardiac arrhythmias. To determine the frequency of the development of …

The author presents his experience with the thyroid complications of amiodarone therapy:
exceptional but sometimes serious conditions. Both, hypo-and hyperthyroidism can occur …

Thyroid function was evaluated clinically and biochemically in 12 patients with ischaemic
heart disease receiving 200 mg oral amiodarone three times daily for periods up to 6 weeks …

Amiodarone has been used in cardiology for more than 20 years as an anti-angina and anti-
arrhythmia agent. In the seventies, variations in thyroid hormone and TSH concentrations …

Two patients with amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis were treated successfully with
potassium perchlorate and carbimazole while treatment with amiodarone was continued …

Amiodarone blocks the action of thyroid hormone by the inhibition of 5′-deiodinase which
reduces production of T 3 in peripheral tissues and possibly by blocking nuclear binding of T …

Amiodarone, a drug that has electrophysiologic actions resembling those of hypothyroidism,
increases serum levels of T 4 and reverse T 3 (rT 3) and decreases T 3. The drug's long-term …