Acute amiodarone pulmonary toxicity with low impregnation dose: case report

Autor: Julio O Cabrera-Rego, José D Luzurriaga Navas, Alberto A Yanes Quintana
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Medwave, Vol 20, Iss 07 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0717-6384
DOI: 10.5867/medwave.2020.07.7996
Popis: Amiodarone, considered a potent antiarrhythmic, is known to cause pulmonary toxicity. Chronic interstitial pneumonitis is the most common presentation. However, acute pulmonary toxicity is rare and has a higher case fatality rate. We present a 61-year-old patient with persistent atrial fibrillation who, after a one-month treatment with oral amiodarone at a low dose impregnation of 400 mg/day, develops acute pulmonary toxicity, with radiographic and tomographic resolution after antiarrhythmic suspension and steroid treatment.
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