Acute liver failure associated with dronedarone

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 592-593

  Joghetaei, Nader ^a   Weirich, Gregor ^a   Huber, Wolfgang ^a   Büchler, Peter ^a   Estner, Heidi ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Antiarrhythmic; Atrial fibrillation; Dronedarone

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMLODIPINE; BILIRUBIN; BISOPROLOL; DRONEDARONE; FORMOTEROL; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; LISINOPRIL; SIMVASTATIN; STEROID; AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAUNDICE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; BIOPSY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80054017036     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.111.963447     Document Type: Article

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