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Revista Cubana de Medicina

Print version ISSN 0034-7523On-line version ISSN 1561-302X

Abstract

PRIETO GUERRA, Maidelis; GOMEZ FERNANDEZ, Mario Jesús  and  VILA GARCIA, Elena Esther. Amiodarone strengths and weaknesses. Rev cubana med [online]. 2022, vol.61, n.2, e2589.  Epub June 01, 2022. ISSN 0034-7523.

Introduction:

Amiodarone is one of the most prescribed antiarrhythmic drugs in clinical practice due to its efficacy. Initially it was used to treat angina pectoris, however, today it is used to treat any form of tachycardia.

Objective:

To identify the prescription of amiodarone and its adverse effects.

Methods:

A descriptive review was carried out in Lilacs databases where 18 articles were found and in PubMed/Medline (Mesh) 206 articles were retrieved. The inclusion criteria were applied to 51 articles.

Conclusions:

Amiodarone is one of the most widely used antiarrhythmic drugs for the treatment of arrhythmias, its variety of adverse effects and toxicity is known, therefore, patients undergoing treatment justify careful monitoring.

Keywords : amiodarone; toxicity; therapeutic use.

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