Acute alveolar hemorrhage and orthodeoxia induced by intravenous amiodarone

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-63

  Iskander, Sherif ^a   Raible, Donald G ^a   Brozena, Susan C ^a   Gaitanaru, Daniela M ^a   Ayala, Gustavo ^a   Iskandrian, Ami E ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Arrhythmia; Side effects

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG TOXICITY; MALE; ORTHODEOXIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMIODARONE; ANOXEMIA; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; BIOPSY; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0033060668     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1522-726x(199905)47:1<61::aid-ccd14>3.0.co;2-c     Document Type: Article

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