%0 Journal Article
%T Torsades de Pointes in Elderly Patient with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
Treated by Short-Term Parenteral Amiodarone Therapy
%A Cerovec
%A Du£¿ko
%A Ciglene£¿ki
%A Nedeljko
%A Laku£¿i£¿
%A Nenad
%A Slivnjak
%A Valentina
%J -
%D 2019
%R 10.20471/acc.2019.58.04.23
%X Sa£¿etak One of the drugs that are widely used in the treatment of atrial fibrillation is amiodarone. Despite considerable prolongation of the corrected QT interval and a substantial degree of bradycardia, amiodarone exhibits a remarkably low frequency of pro-arrhythmic events and <1.0% incidence of torsades de pointes, mostly after long-term usage. We present a case of an 80-year-old female with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation accompanied by acute heart failure treated by short-term parenteral amiodarone therapy and development of torsades de pointes
%K Torsades de pointes
%K Amiodarone
%K Atrial fibrillation
%K Bradycardia
%K Case reports
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