Amiodarone pneumonitis
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Amiodarone pneumonitis.
Amiodarone is an iodinated benzofuran derivative that is widely used for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia. The drug has an extensive adverse effect profile that involves the liver, thyroid, cornea, skin, lung, bone marrow, and neuromuscular system. Pulmonary toxicity is the most serious adverse reaction, and it often limits the drug’s clinical use.1,2 We encountered a patient with suspected ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1780-2393
DOI: 10.5334/jbr-btr.180