Risk factors for the development of amiodarone-induced pulmonary toxicity were found to be patients >60 years and on amiodarone for 6-12 months
Our study aims to investigate the effect of these drugs on pulmonary arteries (PA) which may have implications for their use in patients with PH
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The patient was treated with amiodarone (200 mg/day) for 6 years
In this review, we provide The pulmonary vasculature system is normally a low-pressure, low resistance circuit
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To the Editor: Amiodarone is used as an antiarrhythmic agent in patients with pulmonary hypertension, who suffer the double insult of having an increased susceptibility to arrhythmias as well as being more likely to suffer cardiovascular compromise as a result of these arrhythmias ()
Pulmonary hypertension and isolated right heart failure complicating amiodarone induced hyperthyroidism Heart Lung Circ
Pulmonary hypertension symptoms include: Shortness of breath, at first while exercising and eventually while at rest
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For example, a clinical diagnosis is commonly made in patients with PH that is explained by significant left heart disease (LHD) or by chronic lung disease (CLD)
Amiodarone is generally considered first line therapy for atrial arrhythmias but is often avoided in lung transplant patients because of its Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a lung disease that occurs when the blood pressure in the pulmonary arteries (the arteries of the lungs) is too high
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doi Amiodarone-induced pulmonary toxicity have a reported an incidence between 5 and 13% and a mortality rate of 10-23%
7:1 female to male ratio) with Amiodarone can cause pulmonary toxicity (hypersensitivity pneumonitis or interstitial/alveolar pneumonitis) that has resulted in clinically manifest disease at rates as high as 17% in some series of patients
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Patients with other forms of pulmonary hypertension were excluded, as were patients with pre-existing atrial fibrillation, patients with an enlarged left atrium and/or signs of left ventricular systolic or diastolic dysfunction, and patients with implanted cardiac pacemakers
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[] Acute pulmonary toxicity is rare with high mortality rates, and only a few case reports are published till date, so exact incidence is not known
Therapy of arrhythmias includes drugs (preferred amiodarone) and electrophysiological therapy like electric cardioversion and ablation, which is safe in patients with pulmonary The IV form of amiodarone is first given as a bolus of 150 mg over 10 minutes
One of the most studied models to investigate PH is the rat model of monocrotaline (MCT) induced PH (MCT-PH)
Group 4 includes pulmonary hypertension caused by blood clots in the lungs or general clotting disorders
In recent years, various treatments have been introduced Although in our patient, hyperthyroidism was secondary to amiodarone, not a spontaneous endogenous cause, pulmonary hypertension was detected at the time of diagnosis of amiodarone-induced hyperthyroidism and resolved after achieving a euthyroid state
The records of 250 patients undergoing pulmonary resection for lung cancer during last two years were followed up in this prospective study with particular attention to possible risk factors (gender, age, extent and side of resection, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, tobacco smoking, beta-blocker ingestion)
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1 The original definition of PH used mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) ≥25 mm Hg, but this was derived from expert consensus opinion originally reported 45 years ago in the absence of sufficiently powered clinical data
80 Amiodarone use has been reported in PH, 5-7, 14 but not in CLD-PH
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is traditionally defined as an increase in mean pulmonary arterial pressure (PAPm) ≥25 mmHg at rest as assessed by Amiodarone pulmonary toxicity should be taken into consideration, especially in elderly patients with respiratory symptoms and pulmonary changes, even if only a low dose of amiodarone is administred over a longer time period
Whenever possible, this review is restricted to data from patients with World
Atrial arrhythmias are common during episodes of acute respiratory failure
Amiodarone, a primarily class III antiarrhythmic drug is one
Amiodarone is a widely used antiarrhythmic drug, but it can cause serious adverse
Cardiac arrhythmias are frequent in PH, and pulmonary hypertensives are particularly susceptible to the adverse haemodynamic effects of heart rhythm disorders
Pulmonary hypertension symptoms include: Shortness of breath, at first while exercising and eventually while at rest
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Definitions — In many patients, the diagnosis of PH is made clinically using a constellation of clinical findings and noninvasive testing
Amiodarone is generally considered first line therapy for atrial arrhythmias but is often avoided in lung transplant patients
Incidence is approximately 5% when doses of 400 mg or more are used daily
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Pulmonary hypertension is high blood pressure in your pulmonary arteries, which carry oxygen-poor blood from your heart to your lungs
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The heart pumps blood from the right ventricle to the lungs to get oxygen
Some evidence suggests that people with preexisting lung problems are also more likely to have pulmonary problems with amiodarone
PAH: pulmonary arterial hypertension
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