Open AccessBronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia during low‐dose amiodarone therapy
Author(s) -
Jessurun Gillian A.J.,
Crijns Harry J.G.M.,
Hoogenberg Klaas
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960200322
Subject(s) - medicine , amiodarone , pulmonary toxicity , toxicity , pneumonia , cumulative dose , bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia , bronchiolitis , bronchiolitis obliterans , lung , respiratory system , atrial fibrillation , lung transplantation
Two cases of amiodarone‐induced pulmonary toxicity during a relatively short period of low‐dose amiodarone treatment are reported. The toxicity risk of amiodarone is determined by cumulative factors in individual patients.