Five patients had amiodarone hepatotoxicity detected on routine biochemical monitoring.
Symptoms attributable to hepatotoxicity were minimal or absent; reversible hepatomegaly …

DISCUSSION* Postoperative arrhythmias may occur in as many as 25% of patients
undergoing cardiac surgery, 1 3% of patients undergoing noncardiac surgery, 2 and are …

A60-year-old man with medical history of atrial fibrillation on amiodarone 400 mg/d for 8
years was admitted for increased shortness of breath. On his general physical examination …

A 59-year-old man suffering from chronic bronchitis, arteritis of the lower limbs, and ischemic
heart disease was admitted for pulmonary edema. He had no symptom of right heart failure …

Amiodarone is increasingly prescribed for patients with ventricular and supraventricular
tachyarrhythmias. Many adverse effects have been reported due to this drug and include …

The aim of this work was to compare hepatocellular toxicity and pharmacological activity of
amiodarone (2-n-butyl-3-[3, 5 diiodo-4-diethylaminoethoxybenzoyl]-benzofuran; B2-O-Et-N …

Amiodarone remains the agent of choice for the 80 mmHg and clinical and radiological
evidence of management of atrial fibrillation in unstable patients fluid overload. He was …

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 …

Amiodarone is a widely used and very potent antiarrhythmic substance. Among its adverse
effects, pulmonary toxicity is the most dangerous without a causal treatment option. Due to a …

Clinical and biochemical variables and blood levels of amiodarone and its metabolite are
reported after acute self-intoxication in a young woman. Despite the huge amount of drug …