Intermittent QT prolongation induced by short-term oral amiodarone therapy

ASTARCIOĞLU M. A., DURMUŞ H. İ., ŞEN T., AMASYALI B.

Kardiologia Polska, vol.72, no.2, pp.200-201, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 72 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.5603/kp.2014.0032
  • Journal Name: Kardiologia Polska
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.200-201
  • Keywords: Amiodarone, ICD therapy, Long QT
  • Kütahya Health Sciences University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Although amiodarone appears to have few pro-arrhythmic effects, torsade de pointes (TdP) has been observed after administration of a low dose and short term use of oral amiodarone, in the absence of predisposing factors. We describe the case of a 41-year-old woman admitted to hospital because of a cardiac arrest from TdP. On hospital admission, ECG showed sinus bradycardia 46 bpm with marked QT prolongation. © Polskie Towarzystwo Kardiologiczne.