Amiodarone use and risk of acute pancreatitis: A population-based case-control study

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 163-166

  Lai, Shih Wei ^a,b   Lin, Cheng Li ^b,c   Liao, Kuan Fu ^c,d   Lin, Chung Yi ^d  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Alcoholism; Amiodarone; Biliary stone; Diabetes

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN; ACUTE DISEASE; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920657932     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.08.037     Document Type: Article

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