• Am J Emerg Med · Sep 2011

    Case Reports

    Acute liver injury after intravenous amiodarone: a case report.

    • Andrea Verhovez, Fabrizio Elia, Alessandra Riva, Giovanni Ferrari, and Franco Aprà.
    • Emergency Medicine, S. Giovanni Bosco Hospital, Torino, Italy. aleale.ri@tin.it
    • Am J Emerg Med. 2011 Sep 1;29(7):843.e5-6.

    AbstractAcute hepatotoxicity is a rare but potentially fatal complication of amiodarone use. Although oral long-term use of the drug is frequently complicated by an asymptomatic rise in serum aminotransferase concentrations, acute hepatotoxicity during intravenous loading is much less frequent and potentially fatal. We report a case of liver injury after intravenous administration in a patient with atrial fibrillation.

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