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Acta clinica Croatica · Dec 2019
Case ReportsTORSADES DE POINTES IN ELDERLY PATIENT WITH PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION TREATED BY SHORT-TERM PARENTERAL AMIODARONE THERAPY.
- Nenad Lakušić, Valentina Slivnjak, Nedeljko Ciglenečki, and Duško Cerovec.
- 1Department of Cardiology, Krapinske Toplice Hospital for Medical Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Krapinske Toplice, Croatia; 2Department of Internal Medicine, Krapinske Toplice Hospital for Medical Rehabilitation, Krapinske Toplice, Croatia; 3Intensive Care Unit, Krapinske Toplice Hospital for Medical Rehabilitation, Krapinske Toplice, Croatia.
- Acta Clin Croat. 2019 Dec 1; 58 (4): 751-756.
AbstractOne 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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