Amiodarone-lnduced Ventricular Tachycardia
Authors: DOUGLAS C. WESTVEER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1982)

Brief Reports1 October 1982Amiodarone-lnduced Ventricular TachycardiaDOUGLAS C. WESTVEER, M.D., GERALD A. GADOWSKI, D.O., SEYMOUR GORDON, M.D., GERALD C. TIMMIS, M.D.DOUGLAS C. WESTVEER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, GERALD A. GADOWSKI, D.O.Search for more papers by this author, SEYMOUR GORDON, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, GERALD C. TIMMIS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-97-4-561 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptVirtually all antiarrhythmic agents may facilitate ventricular tachycardia. However, amiodarone has been free of this adverse effect, except in two cases where it was used in combination with disopyramide (1). We report a patient with incessant, polymorphic ventricular tachycardia within 1 week of treatment with amiodarone for paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia.We examined a 64-year-old man who had had four previous episodes of sustained ventricular tachycardia, at heart rates of 180 to 190 beats/min, over an 18-month period. Each episode had produced dyspnea but no syncope, and needed cardioversion. An inferior myocardial infarction had occurred 6 years previously.The electrocardiogram during...References1. KERENTZIVONIGAVISH ADD. Etiology warning signs and therapy of torsade de pointes. Circulation. 1981;64:1167-74. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. REYNOLDSVANDER ARK EC. Quinidine syncopy and the delayed repolarization syndromes. Mod Concepts Cardiovasc Dis. 1976;45:117-22. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. NICHOLSONMARTINGRACEYKNOCH WCJH. Disopyramide-induced ventricular fibrillation. Am J Cardiol. 1979;43:1053-5. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. SCLARORSKYSTRASBERGLEWINAGMON SBRJ. 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MCCOMB, M.D., MAZHER M. KHAN, M.B., JOHN S. GEDDES, M.D.Amiodarone and Ventricular TachycardiaNADEMANEE KOONLAWEE, M.D., BRAMAH N. SINGH, M.D. 1 October 1982Volume 97, Issue 4Page: 561-562KeywordsCardiovascular diseasesDyspneaElectrocardiographyHeart rateMyocardial infarctionSyncopeVentricular tachycardia Issue Published: 1 October 1982 PDF DownloadLoading ...