The good news is that dronedarone—a drug with multiple channel blocking effects that is chemically similar to amiodarone, but without the iodine moiety—has an excellent safety profile with no ...

Although amiodarone showed no survival benefit over placebo, ICD therapy significantly decreased mortality risk compared with placebo. In the first study, Daniel Mark and fellow SCD-HeFT ...

Liver failure and cirrhosis can occur, and it is thought that cumulative dose/long-term therapy increases this risk. Bradycardia is a known effect of amiodarone. When given intravenously ...

A software robot has proved to be faster than doctors at detecting side effects during a drug treatment for cardiac arrhythmia, while also cutting unnecessarily frequent follow-up lab tests and ...

used a proprietary guideline-based method to automate and facilitate the monitoring and evaluation of side effects when following up amiodarone treatment. The purpose of the study was to develop ...

Medically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MD There are two general approaches to treating atrial fibrillation: Attempt to get rid of the atrial fibrillation altogether and restore and maintain normal ...