title: Very early onset of amiodarone-induced pulmonary toxicity.
abstract: Amiodarone is a widely used antiarrhythmic agent. Among its various adverse effects, amiodarone-induced pulmonary toxicity (APT) is the most life threatening complication, which has been described mostly in patients who have been in treatment with high accumulative doses for a long duration of time. However, amiodarone therapy in short-term duration induced APT was rarely reported. We describe a case of a 54-year-old man who is presented with symptoms of APT after a few days of therapy for post-myocardial infarction ventricular tachycardia. For early diagnosis and successful treatment, awareness and high suspicion of this rare type of early onset APT is crucial in patients with amiodarone therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kangwon National University Hospital, Chuncheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Wonho
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Dong Rueol
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Ryu
authors.forename: Seon-Sook
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Sook-Won
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Ryu
authors.forename: Byung Ryul
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Hyucki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Bo Ra
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Kim
keywords: Amiodarone; Arrhythmias, cardiac; Drug toxicity; Myocardial infarctions