TORSADES DE POINTES IN ELDERLY PATIENT WITH PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION TREATED BY SHORT-TERM PARENTERAL AMIODARONE THERAPY

One of the drugs that are widely used in the treatment of atrial fibrillation is amiodarone. Despite considerable prolongation of the corrected QT interval and a substantial degree of bradycardia, amiodarone exhibits a remarkably low frequency of pro-arrhythmic events and <1.0% incidence of torsa...

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Autores principales: Lakušić, Nenad, Slivnjak, Valentina, Ciglenečki, Nedeljko, Cerovec, Duško
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sestre Milosrdnice University Hospital and Institute of Clinical Medical Research, Vinogradska cesta c. 29 Zagreb 2019
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7356489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32665746
http://dx.doi.org/10.20471/acc.2019.58.04.23
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Sumario:One of the drugs that are widely used in the treatment of atrial fibrillation is amiodarone. Despite considerable prolongation of the corrected QT interval and a substantial degree of bradycardia, amiodarone exhibits a remarkably low frequency of pro-arrhythmic events and <1.0% incidence of torsades de pointes, mostly after long-term usage. We present a case of an 80-year-old female with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation accompanied by acute heart failure treated by short-term parenteral amiodarone therapy and development of torsades de pointes.

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