Phenytoin in treatment of amiodarone-induced Torsades de pointes

Phenytoin, a class IB anti-arrhythmic agent, is considered the drug of choice for ventricular arrhythmias due to digoxin toxicity. We report successful reversion of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia secondary to amiodarone toxicity by phenytoin administration that was resistant to the conventional...

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Autores principales: Mukhopadhyay, Saibal, Chakraborty, Praloy, Yusuf, Jamal, Goyal, Anuj, Tyagi, Sanjay
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3326926/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22529489
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.93866
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Sumario:Phenytoin, a class IB anti-arrhythmic agent, is considered the drug of choice for ventricular arrhythmias due to digoxin toxicity. We report successful reversion of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia secondary to amiodarone toxicity by phenytoin administration that was resistant to the conventional drugs (magnesium sulphate, lidocaine and atropine).

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