Acute lung affection in an endurance-trained man under amiodarone medication

Acute lung affection in an endurance-trained man under amiodarone medication

Patients undergoing treatment with amiodarone can develop severe pulmonary side effects. This effect, which is often highly underestimated, can lead to dyspnea, pneumonitis, and further fibrosis. A recent change in the labeling of amdiodarone by the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) suppor...

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Main Authors: Saurbier, Bernward, Zissel, Gernot, Windisch, Wolfram, Walterspacher, Stephan, Sorichter, Stephan
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2005-06-01
Series:GMS German Medical Science
Subjects:
pneumonitis
dyspnoe
vital capacity
amiodarone
Online Access:http://www.egms.de/en/gms/2005-3/000021.shtml

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