RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 What internists should know about amiodarone
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 159
OP 166
VO 65
IS 3
A2 Vidt, David G.
A1 Murphy, Mark T.
A1 Wilkoff, Bruce L.
YR 1998
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/65/3/159.abstract
AB Amiodarone is a potent and versatile anti-arrhythmic. Despite side effects involving the lungs, heart, thyroid, and other organs, it is effective in the treatment of refractory atrial and ventricular arrhythmias and it has unique safety in patients with coronary disease and left ventricular dysfunction. This review discusses the evolving indications for amiodarone and management of toxicities and drug interactions.