Clinical features of amiodarone-induced pulmonary toxicity.
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Clinical features of amiodarone-induced pulmonary toxicity.
The incidence and clinical predictors of amiodarone pulmonary toxicity were examined in 573 patients treated with amiodarone for recurrent ventricular (456 patients) or supraventricular (117 patients) tachyarrhythmias. Amiodarone pulmonary toxicity was diagnosed in 33 of the 573 patients (5.8%), based on symptoms and new chest radiographic abnormalities (32 of 33 patients) and supported by abno...
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عنوان ژورنال: Circulation
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0009-7322,1524-4539
DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.82.1.51