A 72 year old white man developed acute hepatic impairment and renal failure within 24
hours of starting intravenous amiodarone for paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia. After …

Discussion Acute hepatitis following intravenous amio-darone has previously been
reported,'-4 with the implication that further amiodarone therapy should be withheld. 1-3 …

Amiodarone is one of the most effective antiarrhythmic drugs available and is widely
prescribed despite several potentially life-threatening side-effects. Hepatotoxicity is the most …

The antiarrhythmic agent amiodarone is associated with numerous adverse effects, but
clinically significant liver disease is rare. A patient is described who presented with muscle …

Acute hepatitis after parenteral amiodarone Page 1 Br Heart J 1988;59:690-1 Acute
hepatitis after parenteral amiodarone adnministration M PYE, Rj NORTHCOTE, SM COBBE …

Two patients with acute changes suggesting acute hepatitis after parenteral amiodarone
administration are described. No other explanation for liver damage was found in these …

Hepatic dysfunction, most commonly an elevation of aminotransferases, develops in 15% to
40% of patients receiving amiodarone (1). However, acute hepatitis induced by parenteral …

A patient with acute changes suggesting acute hepatitis after parenteral amiodarone
administration is described. A 77‐year‐old man with previous myocardial infarction 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 …

A few cases of alcohol-like chronic liver disease have recently been described in patients on
high daily doses of amiodarone (400–600 mg) for 5–24 months. We report here 3 cases in …