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

Overview
Journal Acta Clin Croat
Specialty General Medicine
Date 2020 Jul 16
PMID 32665746
Citations 1
Authors
Nenad Lakusic
Valentina Slivnjak
Nedeljko Ciglenecki
Dusko Cerovec
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Abstract

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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