Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine · 1987 · 31 citations · 0 references
MedicinePerioperative MedicineSurgeryCardiothoracic SurgeryCardiovascular PharmacotherapyPerioperative PharmacologyArrhythmia PharmacotherapyCardiac MedicationsCardiac PharmacotherapyPostoperative Cardiac CareVentricular TachycardiaAmiodarone TherapyCardiopulmonary PharmacodynamicsPerioperative Arrhythmia ManagementPostoperative ArrhythmiasPostoperative Cardiac ComplicationsPostoperative Cardiac Pharmacotherapy
We compared the early postoperative course of 28 consecutive patients who underwent cardiac surgery while on amiodarone therapy (group 1) with the consecutive 28 patients who underwent similar surgery and were later given amiodarone (group 2). Group 1 patients received a cumulative dose of 373.6 ± 546.2 mg/kg amiodarone over a period of 60.5 ± 107.5 days. Preoperatively, sustained ventricular tachycardia (P