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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;72:1760-1761
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Acute pulmonary toxicity after low-dose amiodarone therapy

Shantesh Kaushik, MDa, Ali Hussain, MDa, Peter Clarke, MDb, Harold L. Lazar, MD*a

a Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachussetts, USA
b Department of Radiology, The Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachussetts, USA

Accepted for publication January 5, 2001.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Lazar, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Boston Medical Center, 88 E Newton St, B-404, Boston, MA 02118, USA
e-mail: harold.lazar{at}bmc.org

Amiodarone-induced pulmonary toxicity is usually seen in cardiac surgical patients who have received large doses of amiodarone for ventricular arrhythmias over prolonged periods. In this report, we describe a case of amiodarone-induced pulmonary toxicity after a short course of therapy for postoperative atrial fibrillation.




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