Amiodarone pulmonary toxicity. Assessment by bronchoalveolar lavage.
Bronchoalveolar lavage was used to demonstrate morphologic changes in alveolar macrophages characteristic of amiodarone effect in lung tissue obtained by biopsy. This procedure may be useful in the assessment of abnormal chest x-ray findings in patients suspected to have amiodarone toxicity.
D000638:Amiodarone / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001572:Benzofurans / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation
D001572:Benzofurans; D000638:Amiodarone