Why the study?
Can intravenous amiodarone induce third-degree atrioventricular block and torsade des pointes in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation?
Population
81-year-old woman with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and heart failure (n=1)
Design
Case_report
Authors
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IV amiodarone may rarely trigger torsade de pointes and conduction block in elderly AF patients; this first case leaves open predisposing factors and causality.
Can intravenous amiodarone induce third-degree atrioventricular block and torsade des pointes in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation?
Intravenous amiodarone can induce life-threatening third-degree atrioventricular block and torsade des pointes in elderly patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and heart failure.
Sequeira et al. (2016) studied this question.
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