Amiodarone-induced pulmonary toxicity in an adolescent

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 194-196

  Kothari, Shyam S ^a   Balijepally, Sharada ^a   Taneja, Karuna ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Drug toxicity; Lung

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DRUG COMBINATION; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033091981     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1047951100008441     Document Type: Article

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