Amiodarone-induced pulmonary toxicity mimicking acute pulmonary edema

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 361-365

  Fabiani, Iacopo ^a   Tacconi, Danilo ^a   Grotti, Simone ^a   Brandini, Rossella ^a   Salvadori, Claudia ^a   Caremani, Marcello ^a   Bolognese, Leonardo ^a  

^a IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

Author keywords

amiodarone; pneumonitis; toxicity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PIPERACILLIN; TAZOBACTAM; TOBRAMYCIN; WARFARIN;

ADD ON THERAPY; AGED; AMIODARONE PNEUMONITIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIURETIC THERAPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG TOXICITY; PNEUMONIA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA; PULMONARY EDEMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955395946     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e328334a3f4     Document Type: Article

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